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Adjective: decent  dee-sunt
  1. Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
    "from a decent family";
    - nice
  2. According with custom or propriety
    "a decent burial";
    - becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly
  3. Conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour
  4. Sufficient for the purpose
    "a decent wage";
    - adequate, enough, nuff [non-standard]
  5. Decently clothed
    "are you decent?"
  6. Observing conventional sexual mores in speech, behaviour or dress
Adverb: decent  dee-sunt
  1. In the right manner
    "can't you carry me decent?";
    - properly, decently, in good order, right, the right way

See also: clean, decorous, modest, proper, respectable, sufficient, unobjectionable

Antonym: indecent

Encyclopedia: Decent