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decent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nice |
| Derivation | decency |
from a decent family.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | acceptable, satisfactory |
I would kill for a decent cup of coffee.
a decent wage.
decent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | decency |
speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd.
decent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | decency |
though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards.
decent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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are you decent?.
Examples of decent
decent
Gorgeous afternoon, decent game and no high-decibel halftime show, all for free.
From the online.wsj.com
That seemed to me a decent summary of the Great Helmsman's now tarnished legacy.
From the businessweek.com
Joe Nedney is a decent kicking option who should get his chances in Kansas City.
From the sacbee.com
While most netbooks come with a decent-size hard drive, you can always use more.
From the time.com
If this is the case, then they're not decent, and neither party deserves to win.
From the time.com
The comfortable 100, decent 120 and altogether far enough 130 just don't cut it.
From the themercury.com.au
The people needed water to tend the fields so they could bring in a decent crop.
From the theepochtimes.com
It has to be a decent size too, not some wimpy thing the size of a house spider.
From the guardian.co.uk
The figures on how much you need to save for a half-decent pension are alarming.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- Properly: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
- Socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"
- Becoming: 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"
- Conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
- Adequate: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
- Decently clothed; "are you decent?"
- 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"
- (decency) the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- (decency) the quality of being polite and respectable
