Decent - Definition

decent

adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
"can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
decently, decent, in good order, right, the
right way] [ant: improperly]
adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
"from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent,
nice]
2: 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" [syn: becoming, comely, comme il
faut, decent, decorous, seemly]
3: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this
circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George
Santayana [ant: indecent]
4: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
[syn: adequate, decent, enough]
5: decently clothed; "are you decent?"
6: 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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