decorousadjective
uk/ˈdek.ə.rəs/us/ˈdek.ər.əs/formalbehaving politely and in a controlled way:
His manner, as ever, was decorous.
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Self-control and moderation
- be in command (of yourself) idiom
- collect
- command
- constraint
- continent
- cut your coat according to your cloth idiom
- dignified
- dignity
- impervious
- lightly
- mind over matter idiom
- moderation
- moderation in all things idiom
- monastic
- monasticism
- restrict yourself to sth
- rise above sth
- self-controlled
- self-denial
- self-discipline
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decorously
adverb uk/ˈdek.ə.rəs.li/us/ˈdek.ər.əs.li/