| slovo | definícia |
decorous
(encz) | decorous,korektní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decorous
(encz) | decorous,uhlazený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Decorous
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
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A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
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decorous
(wn) | decorous
adj 1: characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in
manners and conduct; "the tete-a-tete was decorous in the
extreme" [ant: indecorous, indelicate]
2: 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" [syn: becoming, comely, {comme il
faut}, decent, decorous, seemly] |
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decorously
(mass) | decorously
- slušne |
decorously
(encz) | decorously,slušně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
decorousness
(encz) | decorousness, |
indecorous
(encz) | indecorous,nemístný adj: Zdeněk Brožindecorous,neslušný adj: Zdeněk Brožindecorous,nezpůsobný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
indecorously
(encz) | indecorously, |
indecorousness
(encz) | indecorousness, n: |
Decorous
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
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Decorously
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
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Decorousness
(gcide) | Decorous \Dec"or*ous\ (d[e^]k"[-o]r*[u^]s or d[-e]*k[=o]"r[u^]s;
277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin
to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.]
Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion;
marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as,
a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a
judge.
[1913 Webster]
A decorous pretext the war. --Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.
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Dedecorous
(gcide) | Dedecorous \De*dec"o*rous\, a. [L. dedecorus. See Decorous.]
Disgraceful; unbecoming. [R.] --Bailey.
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Indecorous
(gcide) | Indecorous \In`de*co"rous\ (?; 277), a. [L. indecorous. See
In- not, and Decorous.]
Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good
breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place;
as, indecorous conduct.
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It was useless and indecorous to attempt anything more
by mere struggle. --Burke.
Syn: Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse;
impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.
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Indecorously
(gcide) | Indecorously \In`de*co"rous*ly\, adv.
In an indecorous manner.
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Indecorousness
(gcide) | Indecorousness \In`de*co"rous*ness\, n.
The quality of being indecorous; lack of decorum.
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decorously
(wn) | decorously
adv 1: in a proper and decorous manner; "he pretended to be
pleased and applauded decorously" [ant: indecorously,
unbecomingly] |
decorousness
(wn) | decorousness
n 1: propriety in manners and conduct [syn: decorum,
decorousness] [ant: indecorousness, indecorum] |
indecorous
(wn) | indecorous
adj 1: lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
"indecorous behavior" [syn: indecorous, indelicate]
[ant: decorous]
2: not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or
proper in polite society; "was buried with indecent haste";
"indecorous behavior"; "language unbecoming to a lady";
"unseemly to use profanity"; "moved to curb their untoward
ribaldry" [syn: indecent, indecorous, unbecoming,
uncomely, unseemly, untoward] |
indecorously
(wn) | indecorously
adv 1: without decorousness [syn: indecorously,
unbecomingly] [ant: decorously] |
indecorousness
(wn) | indecorousness
n 1: a lack of decorum [syn: indecorum, indecorousness]
[ant: decorousness, decorum] |
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