decorous

  • (a) characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct
    • the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme
  • (s) according with custom or propriety
    • her becoming modesty
    • comely behavior
    • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
    • a decent burial
    • seemly behavior
    becoming, comely, comme il faut, seemly, decent,

Synonyms

becoming comely comme il faut seemly decent

Antonyms

indecorous indelicate

See also

proper

Words of close approximity

decorously decorousness