English to English
decent
('d/i/s/@/nt
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adjective (a)
- conforming to conventions of sexual behavior(adj.all)Example:
Speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd.
source: wordnet30 - Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.(adjective)source: webster1913
adverb (r)
- in the right manner(adv.all)Example:
Can't you carry me decent?.
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adjective satellite (s)
- socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous(adj.all)Example:
From a decent family.
source: wordnet30 - according with custom or propriety(adj.all)Example:
A decent burial.
source: wordnet30 - decently clothed(adj.all)Example:
Are you decent?.
source: wordnet30 - observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress(adj.all)Example:
Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards.
source: wordnet30