The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word STAID which also is the latest solution we found used in Chronicle of Higher Education in 2016.
Decorous crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| STAID | 26 % | 5 |
| SEEMLY | 23 % | 6 |
| PRIM | 23 % | 4 |
| PROPER | 13 % | 6 |
| SEDATE | 8 % | 6 |
| DEMURE | 4 % | 6 |
| GENTEEL | 2 % | 7 |
| NICE | 2 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Decorous
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- comme il faut
- decent
- seemly
- proper
- becoming
- comely
- sedate
- staid
- in good taste
- genteel
- gentlemanly
- mannerly
Crossword Answer definitions
STAID adjective- Not capricious or impulsive; sedate, serious, sober.
- Always fixed in the same location; stationary.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result STAID
- Resisting change
- Sober
- Straight-laced
- Subdued
- Sedate
- Hardly manic
- A bit starchy
- Strait-laced
- Prim and proper
- Hardly histrionic
More clues leading to the result SEEMLY
More clues leading to the result PRIM
- Extremely proper
- Stiffly neat
- __ and proper
- Proper's partner
- Proper
- Prudish
- Strait-laced
- Proper mate
- Straitlaced
- Overly formal
More clues leading to the result PROPER
- Suitable
- Like a noun with a capital letter
- Correct
- Seemly
- Like a British gentleman
- Fitting partner
- Prim partner
- See 10-Across
- Decorous
- Like capitalized nouns
More clues leading to the result SEDATE
- Calm down
- Composed
- More mannerly
- Calm
- Put under
- Give Imovane to
- Far from jumpy
- Serenely deliberate
- Put to sleep
- Make out?
More clues leading to the result DEMURE
More clues leading to the result GENTEEL
- Elegantly stylish
- Refined
- Prim and proper
- Courteous
- Profusely polite
- Elegant and stylish
- Well-bred
- Elegant
- Well-mannered
- Hoity-toity