decorously
庄重地,隆重地,隆重其事,庄严地
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- : characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
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Also, I adore the devastating footnotes, wherein he eviscerates (decorously) his wayward predecessor, Andrew Field.
The rather spindly hands are placed decorously over the groin.
A canvas portrait of a woman with a Medusa-like thicket of hair shows a spray-paint can tucked decorously in her locks.
I am witness that that ceremony is faithfully observed by both partiesand most gravely and decorously, too.
I followed, first standing, and then decorously sitting down on the top of it.
You can help me better by trying to behave decorously, and by keeping the other children quiet when they are in the drawing-room.
They chatted volubly over this idiosyncrasy, and even laughed at it, but quite decorously so that our feelings might be spared.
Her eyes hinted of a recent stormy past, but once more she was decorously apparelled.