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Decorously means in a decorous way: you sit, speak, wait, or dress so that you look right for a serious or formal moment. She waited decorously means she waited quietly, without making a fuss. You meet it in writing more than in speech, often in older stories or careful descriptions of manners. Though actually, it can sound stiff, even a little funny, if you use it for small everyday things. Nobody needs to eat a snack decorously except as a joke. Save it for ceremonies, formal rooms, and moments when someone is trying not to break the mood. It is not a warmer word than ; it is narrower. can be kind in the shop. Decorously is with a straight back.
得體地、端莊地(偏正式場合;不是口語裡的「很有禮貌地」那麼寬)
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
decorouslyadv/ˈdɛkɹəsli/
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In a decorous manner.
- […] below them, men and women, and boys and girls, sinners all, loitered; sometimes one of the church-members passed and saw them and waved. Then, for the moment that they waved decorously back, they were intimidated.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。