On further examination, I found the clergy, in general, persons of moderate minds and decorous manners; I include the seculars and the regulars of both sexes.

They expected this would encourage residents to behave in an orderly and decorous manner worthy of the surroundings.

The duties in the earliest days of this ancient post involved assisting the king in the performance in a decorous manner of his bodily function of excretion.

The hall bell pealed and Hippolyte, in a grave and decorous manner, went to open the door.

With anguish in his voice and face, he says, "All I can say is that the trust is being conducted in the most decorous and proper manner.

Jo couldn't even lose her heart in a decorous manner, but sternly tried to quench her feelings, and failing to do so, led a somewhat agitated life.

And in a strangely decorous manner he took Gabrielle's hand and held it firmly.

Your party has also condoned and all too frequently joined with the Tories in the blame game and jeering in a less than dignified and decorous manner!

After his imprisonment he behaved in a most decorous manner; he won upon the good opinion of the jail chaplain, and he was visited by the Bishop of Lincoln.

Everyone else will celebrate-in a decorous manner, of course.