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English Dictionary: decent |
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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"
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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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