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Meaning of decent


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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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