Decorous

de-cor-ous (dkr-s OR d-kôrs, -kr-)

adjective
1. A Well Respected Man.
Aside from a few rowdies at the back, a decorous group of young people attended the Kinks concert.
2. Demonstrates an understanding and respect for social convention and general appropriateness.
He found the evening very dull because she was so decorous that she seemed dull and overly conventional. Little did he know, she found her need to adhere to decorum (a word that is closely linked to decorous) almost imprisoning.


Synonyms: becoming, befitting, boring, civilized, comely, conforming, conventional, decent demure, dignified, formal, good, mannerly, meet, moral, polite, prim, proper, punctilious, refined, respectable, sedate, seemly, well-behaved.