decent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for decent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decent adv in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" Synonym(s): properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way Antonym(s): improperly adj socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" Synonym(s): decent, nice 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" Synonym(s): becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana Antonym(s): indecent sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" Synonym(s): adequate, decent, enough decently clothed; "are you decent?" 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"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. [?] to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[?]c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d[82]cent. Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig[?]}.] 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak. Before his decent steps. --Milton. 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. 3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic] A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton. By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope. 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- {De"cently}, adv. -- {De"centness}, n.