decent

[ dee-suhnt ]

/ ˈdi sənt /

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adjective

conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.

respectable; worthy: a decent family.

adequate; fair; passable: a decent wage.

kind; obliging; generous: It was very decent of him to lend me his watch.

suitable; appropriate: She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.

of fairly attractive appearance: a decent face.

Informal. wearing enough clothing to appear in public.

Slang. great; wonderful.

Origin of decent

1485–95; < Latin decent- (stem of decēns) fitting (present participle of decēre to be fitting; see -ent), akin to decus honor

SYNONYMS FOR decent

1 seemly, proper, decorous.

5 apt, fit, becoming.

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ANTONYMS FOR decent

1 unseemly.

5 inappropriate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM decent

de·cent·ly, adverb de·cent·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH decent

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Words nearby decent

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Example sentences from the Web for decently

But you certainly wouldn't know this if you were even a decently informed voter.

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You need—peacefully, humbly, decently—to make them spill your blood.

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Yonni did the right thing when he asked two women to treat each other decently—simply because he loves them both.

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Still, Lauer, a self-professed “lifelong bacon enthusiast,” started off decently enough.

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He had lived cleanly and decently; he had wronged no man or woman, nor himself.

The Place of Honeymoons |Harold MacGrath
Eleanor was not a girl to defraud them wilfully; so, as soon as she decently could, she got up for her bonnet.

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Every one drinks at his will, and the miller, as we shall see, takes a little more than his head can decently carry.

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We found her sitting up in bed, negligently but decently dressed, with a dimity corset tied with red ribbons.

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As soon as he decently could, he followed her to her studio, where he found her lying in sullen dejection on the big divan.

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British Dictionary definitions for decently

decent

/ (ˈdiːsənt) /

adjective

polite or respectable a decent family

proper and suitable; fitting a decent burial

conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour; not indecent

free of oaths, blasphemy, etc decent language

good or adequate a decent wage

informal kind; generous he was pretty decent to me

informal sufficiently clothed to be seen by other people are you decent?

Derived forms of decent

decently, adverb decentness, noun

Word Origin for decent

C16: from Latin decēns suitable, from decēre to be fitting

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