Decorous

I think an Encores! concert version changed "Nipponese nips" to "Decorous dips," which is a really good change, since it preserves the alliteration.

The Deservedly Unknown Cole Porter Jaime J. Weinman 2004

Decorous, portly — we have white hair waved under our hats; slim shoes; little bags; clean-shaven cheeks; here and there a military moustache; not a speck of dust has been allowed to settle anywhere on our broadcloth.

The Waves 2003

Decorous Wit and it is suggested that, although scarcely a virtue, a sense of shame is becoming in youth.

A Handbook of Ethical Theory George Stuart Fullerton

Decorous quiet, orderly habits, sober conduct, attention to business, these are the good things demanded by society in peace.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 4, August, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Various

Decorous chronicles and biographies and monographs and eulogies exist, bound in leather and stamped in gold, each lauding its own hero: chronicles written in really beautiful language, and high-minded and noble, out of which the heroes come unstained.

Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill Winston Churchill 1909

Decorous chronicles and biographies and monographs and eulogies exist, bound in leather and stamped in gold, each lauding its own hero: chronicles written in really beautiful language, and high-minded and noble, out of which the heroes come unstained.

Coniston — Volume 04 Winston Churchill 1909

Decorous chronicles and biographies and monographs and eulogies exist, bound in leather and stamped in gold, each lauding its own hero: chronicles written in really beautiful language, and high-minded and noble, out of which the heroes come unstained.

Coniston — Complete Winston Churchill 1909

Decorous silence prevailed until the house was exchanged for the green and shady churchyard: but then tongues were loosened, and the flower-bed broken into clusters.

Audrey Mary Johnston 1903

Decorous French literature is stupid, and bright French literature is too wicked for anything.

Oldtown Folks 1869

~Decorous~: behaving in a decent and respectable way.

The History of London Walter Besant 1868