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decorous

British pronunciation/dˈɛkəɹəs/
American pronunciation/ˈdɛkɝəs/
decorous
[ADJECTIVE]
1

showing a polite, dignified, and appropriate manner of behaving

antonyms : indecorous
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2

according with custom or propriety

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Examples
1Art had to be improving, or it had to be decorous.
2So it's quite a decorous, and formal, and long sentence.
3A search for style, which he understands as a form of what is convenient, what is decorous, what is appropriate.
4It's a very mannered, decorous language.
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