DECENT





Definition:

  1. [adverb] in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
    Synonyms: properly, ly, in good order, right, the right way

  2. [adjective] socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"
    Synonyms: nice

  3. [adjective] according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty"; "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent burial"; "seemly behavior"
    Synonyms: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly

  4. [adjective] conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana

  5. [adjective] enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
    Synonyms: adequate, enough

  6. [adjective] decently clothed; "are you decent?"

  7. [adjective] observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"

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