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English to English adjective
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conforming to conventions of sexual behavior |  | Example: speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd
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Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous | | Example: from a decent family
a nice girl
source: wordnet30
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according with custom or propriety | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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sufficient for the purpose | | Example: an adequate income
the food was adequate
a decent wage
enough food
food enough
source: wordnet30
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decently clothed | | Example: are you decent?
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observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress | | Example: a modest neckline in her dress
though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
source: wordnet30 adverb
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in the right manner | | Example: please do your job properly!
can't you carry me decent?
source: wordnet30
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