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decent
('d/i/s/@/nt )

adjective (a)

  • conforming to conventions of sexual behavior(adj.all)
    Example:
    Speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd.
    Antonym:
    indecent
    source: wordnet30
  • Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

adjective satellite (s)

  • socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous(adj.all)
    Example:
    From a decent family.
    Synonym:
    nice
    source: wordnet30
  • according with custom or propriety(adj.all)
    Example:
    A decent burial.
    Synonym:
    becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly
    source: wordnet30
  • sufficient for the purpose(adj.all)
    Example:
    A decent wage.
    Synonym:
    adequate, enough
    source: wordnet30
  • decently clothed(adj.all)
    Example:
    Are you decent?.
    source: wordnet30
  • observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress(adj.all)
    Example:
    Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards.
    source: wordnet30
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