Translation of decorous – English–Norwegian dictionary
decorous
adjective
/ˈdekərəs/ ● formal
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(Translation of decorous from the PASSWORD English–Norwegian Dictionary © 2014 K Dictionaries Ltd)
Examples of decorous
decorous
This wording as least, has the merit that it is, constitutionally, more decorous, as has been pointed out.
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I have here another paper, a less decorous but more popular paper.
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Surely it is better to have a decorous period of six months.
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Surely we should be surprised that, on the whole, we maintain such decorous standards of public behaviour at any age.
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I hope that he will now maintain a decorous silence.
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This representational field was secular, educated, publicly decorous, privately moral, and centered around the individual and family.
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Despite the decorous maternal joy expressed in this interpolated lyric, the larger poem is a thoroughgoing critique of marriage that also models solidarity among women.
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The aeroplane without greater speed is only a little more dangerous and less decorous than a horse and cart.
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digne…
terbiyeli, yakışık alır…
betamelijk…
uhlazený, korektní…
passende, værdig…
sopan…
เหมาะสม…
đứng đắn…
stosowny, przyzwoity…
anständig, korrekt, värdig…
sopan…
anständig…
пристойний, порядний…
