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decent

adjective

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noun
verb
adjective
adverb
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Senses

Sense 1 adjective

socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

from a decent family

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Sense 2 adverb

in the right manner

please do your job properly!

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Sense 3 adjective

according with custom or propriety

her becoming modesty

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Sense 4 adjective

conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

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

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Sense 5 adjective

sufficient for the purpose

an adequate income

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Sense 6 adjective

decently clothed

are you decent?

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Sense 7 adjective

observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

a modest neckline in her dress

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SenseRelationGroupWord
1 derivation Related & opposite decency
1 derivation Related & opposite politeness
1 similar to Related & opposite respectable
2 antonym Related & opposite improperly
2 derived from Related & opposite proper
3 derivation Related & opposite decency
3 derivation Related & opposite decorum
3 derivation Related & opposite seemliness
3 derivation Related & opposite becomingness
3 similar to Related & opposite proper
4 also see Related & opposite unobjectionable
4 also see Related & opposite decorous
4 also see Related & opposite proper
4 antonym Related & opposite indecent
4 derivation Related & opposite decency
5 derivation Related & opposite adequacy
5 derivation Related & opposite enough
5 similar to Related & opposite sufficient
6 domain usage Related & opposite colloquialism
6 similar to Related & opposite modest
7 derivation Related & opposite decency
7 similar to Related & opposite modest