1. Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
   "from a decent family";
   - nice
    
2. Meeting requirements
   "I would kill for a decent cup of coffee"; "a decent wage";
   - satisfactory, acceptable
    
3. Conforming to accepted standards of morality or respectability
   "a decent burial";
   - fitting
    
4. 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"
    
5. Conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour
   "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"
    
6. Sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public
   "are you decent?"

1. 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: improperly, indecent

Encyclopedia: Decent