Adjective: decent dee-sunt- Conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour
"speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd" - Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
"from a decent family"; - nice - In harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion
"a decent burial"; - fitting - Sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
"are you decent?" - Observing conventional sexual mores in speech, behaviour or dress
"though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards" - Meeting requirements
"I would kill for a decent cup of coffee"; "a decent wage"; - satisfactory, acceptable Adverb: decent dee-sunt- In the right manner; correctly; suitably
"can't you carry me decent?"; - properly, decently, right
See also: clean, decorous, good, modest, proper, respectable, unobjectionable Antonym: indecent Encyclopedia: Decent |