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71nice — [adj1] likable, agreeable admirable, amiable, approved, attractive, becoming, charming, commendable, considerate, copacetic, cordial, courteous, decorous, delightful, ducky, fair, favorable, fine and dandy*, friendly, genial, gentle, good,… …
72seem — [12] Originally, seem meant ‘be suitable’ (a meaning preserved in the derived seemly [13]). It was borrowed from the Old Norse verb soema ‘conform to, honour’. This was derived from the adjective soemr ‘fitting’, a descendant of the prehistoric… …
73soft — [OE] Soft goes back to a prehistoric West Germanic *samft , which also produced German sanft ‘gentle, easy, smooth’ and Dutch zacht ‘soft’. It may go back ultimately to the prehistoric base *sōrn ‘fitting, agreeable’, source of English seem and… …
74de|co|rum — «dih KR uhm, KOHR », noun. 1. no pl. proper behavior; good taste in conduct, speech, or dress: »You behave with decorum when you act politely. SYNONYM(S): respectability. 2. often pl. an observance or requirement of polite society: »The girl s… …
75Becoming — Be*com ing, a. Appropriate or fit; congruous; suitable; graceful; befitting. [1913 Webster] A low and becoming tone. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] Note: Formerly sometimes followed by of. [1913 Webster] Such discourses as are becoming of them. Dryden …
76decent — de cent (d[=e] sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf …
77Decently — decent de cent (d[=e] sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire,… …
78Decentness — decent de cent (d[=e] sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire,… …
79Decorous — Dec or*ous (d[e^]k [ o]r*[u^]s or d[ e]*k[=o] r[u^]s; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See {Decent}, and cf. {Decorum}.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum;… …
80Decorously — Decorous Dec or*ous (d[e^]k [ o]r*[u^]s or d[ e]*k[=o] r[u^]s; 277), a. [L. dec[=o]rus, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See {Decent}, and cf. {Decorum}.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with… …
