decorously

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈdɛkɚəsli/ UK /ˈdɛkərəsli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adv
in a manner showing proper decorum and good taste

The mourners filed decorously past the open grave.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adv · in a manner showing proper... properly becomingly seemly politely tastefully genteelly correctly

Opposites

indecorouslyimproperly unseemly crudely

Word family

Related forms decorous decorum decency

Etymology

From decorous (from Latin decōrus 'seemly') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Decōrus is from decēre ('to be fitting'), from PIE *dek-.

decōrus Latin decēre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# decorously

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈdɛkɚəsli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈdɛkərəsli/

## Meanings
1. in a manner showing proper decorum and good taste

## Examples
- The mourners filed decorously past the open grave.

## Synonyms
- properly
- becomingly
- seemly
- politely
- tastefully
- genteelly
- correctly

## Antonyms
- indecorously
- improperly
- unseemly
- crudely

## Related Forms
- decorous
- decorum
- decency

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: decōrus
- Root: decēre

## Etymology
From decorous (from Latin decōrus 'seemly') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Decōrus is from decēre ('to be fitting'), from PIE *dek-.

## AI Etymology
Decorously comes from decorous (from Latin decōrus 'seemly') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Decōrus is from decēre ('to be fitting'), from PIE *dek-. The etymological trail includes Latin decōrus and Latin decēre. As an adverb, decorously means in a manner showing proper decorum and good taste. The same family is visible in related forms such as decorous, decorum, and decency. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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