decorous
She walked slowly and decorously across the black and white tiled hall.
They tried to persuade him to behave more decorously.
Her legs were decorously crossed at the knees.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Self-control and moderation
anti-pleasure
ascetically
asceticism
be in command (of yourself)idiom
boundary
go steady on somethingidiom
golden mean
grip
imperviously
mind over matteridiom
puritanism
restrained
restrainedly
restraint
restrict
stint
temperance
undignified
unsensational
willpower
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