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decent

adjective · adverb

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proper

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good

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respectable

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indecent

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MEANING & USAGE

Definitions & examples

01adjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

“from a decent family”

“a nice girl”

02adjective

in harmony with the spirit of particular persons or occasion

“a decent burial”

“we have come to dedicate a portion of that field … It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this”

03adjective

conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

“speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd”

04adjective

sufficiently clothed to see visitors or appear in public

“are you decent?”

3 more meanings

05adjective

observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

“though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards”

06adjective

meeting requirements

“the step makes a satisfactory seat”

“I would kill for a decent cup of coffee”

07adverb

in the right manner; correctly; suitably

“please do your job properly!”

“can't you carry me decent?”

Meanings and examples from Open English WordNet 2025. About our sources ↗