decorously

1. 1.

   in a proper and decorous manner

   “he pretended to be pleased and applauded decorously”

   Antonymsindecorously

Questions about decorously

What does decorously mean?

decorously means "in a proper and decorous manner".

How many syllables are in decorously?

decorously has 4 syllables and divides as de-co-rou-sly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of decorously?

The recorded antonyms are indecorously.

Is decorously a common word?

decorously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.