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English Dictionary: decently by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decently
adv
  1. in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently"
    Antonym(s): indecently
  2. 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
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"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n.
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