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Decent

adjective

1.

Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous. Synonym: nice. "A nice girl"

2.

According with custom or propriety. Synonyms: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly. "Comely behavior" , "It is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money" , "A decent burial" , "Seemly behavior"

3.

Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior.

4.

Sufficient for the purpose. Synonyms: adequate, enough. "The food was adequate" , "A decent wage" , "Enough food" , "Food enough"

5.

Decently clothed.

6.

Observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress. "Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"

adverb

1.

In the right manner. Synonyms: decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way. "Can't you carry me decent?"

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"Decent" Quotes from Famous Books

... the tomb. The Resurrection-men are generally well rewarded for their labours by the Surgeons who employ them to procure subjects; they are for the most part fellows who never stick at trifles, but make a decent livelihood by moving off, if they can, not only the bodies, but coffins, shrouds, &c. and are always upon the look-out wherever there is a funeral—nay, there have been instances in which the bodies have been dug from their graves within a few ...

— Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. • Pierce Egan

... retired before it's ever reported. In the meantime, say after a decent interval, Senator Hodge will introduce another resolution to investigate the high cost of living. It will be like Elsworth's, ...

— Theft - A Play In Four Acts • Jack London

... In course of time, when their sufferings in Hell come to an end, they take birth in the order of humanity, in families that are entirely destitute of wealth. Always suffering from hunger and thirst, excluded from all decent society, hopeless of ever enjoying good things, they lead lives of great wretchedness. Born in families that are destitute of all articles of enjoyment, these men never succeed in enjoying the good things of the world. ...

— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 • Kisari Mohan Ganguli

... have come hastily on this young couple," observed Endicott. "We will see how they comport themselves under their present trials ere we burden them with greater. If among the spoil there be any garments of a more decent fashion, let them be put upon this May-lord and his Lady instead of their glistening vanities. Look to it, some ...

— Twice Told Tales • Nathaniel Hawthorne

... death takes place. The two great toes are tied together, to make the body look decent; and formerly the hands were placed with the palms together, as if in the attitude of prayer, and were kept in that posture by ...

— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan

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