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Found 4 hits - Term: decent, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
decent \de"cent\ d=e"sent, a. l. decens, decentis, p. pr.
   of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory,
   honor, ornament, gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think;
   cf. skr. d=a,c to grant, to give; and perh. akin to e.
   attire, tire: cf. f. d'ecent. cf. decorate, decorum,
   deign.
   1. suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
      fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
      language. --shak.
      1913 webster

            before his decent steps.              --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
      1913 webster

   3. comely; shapely; well-formed. archaic
      1913 webster

            a sable stole of cyprus lawn
            over thy decent shoulders drawn.      --milton.
      1913 webster

            by foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --pope.
      1913 webster

   4. moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
      fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
      decent fortune; a decent person.
      1913 webster

            a decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                  --burke.
      -- de"cently, adv. -- de"centness, n.
      1913 webster
see also:
decorate decorum deign de"cently de"centness 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
clothed \clothed\ adj.
   1. wearing clothing. narrower terms: adornedpredicate,
      bedeckedpredicate, deckedpredicate, decked
      outpredicate; appareled, attired, clad, dressed,
      garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed; arrayed,
      panoplied; breeched, pantalooned, trousered;
      bundled-up; caparisoned; cassocked: costumed:
      decent narrower terms: dight narrower terms:
      dressed-up, dressed to the ninespredicate, dressed to
      killpredicate, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up
      narrower terms: gowned narrower terms: habited
      narrower terms: heavy-coated narrower terms:
      overdressed narrower terms: petticoated narrower
      terms: red-coated, lobster-backed narrower terms:
      surpliced narrower terms: togged dressed esp in smart
      clothes narrower terms: turned out narrower terms:
      underdressed narrower terms: uniformed narrower
      terms: vestmented also see: adorned, decorated.
      antonym: unclothed.
      wordnet 1.5

   2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
      fog-cloaked meadows

   syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
adornedpredicate, bedeckedpredicate, deckedpredicate, decked outpredicate appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed arrayed, panoplied breeched, pantalooned, trousered bundled-up caparisoned 
cassocked costumed decent dight dressed-up, dressed to the ninespredicate, dressed to killpredicate, dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up 
gowned habited heavy-coated overdressed petticoated 
red-coated, lobster-backed surpliced togged dressed esp in smart clothes turned out underdressed 
uniformed vestmented adorned decorated unclothed 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
decent
     adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
            "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" syn: 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, 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: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
        was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
        enough" syn: adequate, 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"
     adv : in the right manner; "please do your job properly"; "can't
           you carry me decent?" syn: properly, decently, in
           good order, right, the right way ant: improperly
see also:
nice becoming comely comme il faut decorous seemly 
indecent adequate enough properly decently 
in good order right the right way improperly 
[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
228 moby thesaurus words for "decent":
   christian, christlike, christly, ok, acceptable, accepted,
   accommodating, according to hoyle, acknowledged, adequate,
   admissible, admitted, advantageous, advisable, affable,
   affectionate, agreeable, all right, amiable, ample, appropriate,
   approved, ascetic, austere, average, barely sufficient, becoming,
   befitting, being done, benevolent, benign, benignant,
   better than nothing, blameless, brotherly, chaste, civil, clean,
   comfortable, comme il faut, commensurate, common, compassionate,
   competent, complaisant, compliant, condign, conformable,
   conforming, congruous, considerate, convenient, conventional,
   correct, corresponding, courteous, creditable, customary,
   de rigueur, decorous, delicate, desirable, dignified, due, elegant,
   enough, equal to, erect, estimable, ethical, expedient, fair,
   fair to middling, fairish, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous,
   fit, fitten, fitting, formal, fraternal, friendly, fructuous,
   full of integrity, generous, genteel, good, good enough, goodish,
   gracious, happy, high-minded, high-principled, highly respectable,
   honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate, indulgent, inviolate,
   irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed,
   kosher, law-abiding, law-loving, law-revering, likely, loving,
   manly, mannerly, mediocre, meet, middling, minimal, minimum,
   moderate, modest, moral, nice, noble, normal, normative, not amiss,
   not bad, not half bad, not outstanding, not so bad, obliging, okay,
   opportune, ordinary, orthodox, overindulgent, overpermissive,
   passable, permissive, plenty, plenty good enough, polite, politic,
   presentable, pretty good, principled, profitable, proper,
   proportionate, pure, reasonable, received, recognized,
   recommendable, reputable, respectable, right, right and proper,
   right-minded, righteous, rightful, rigid, satisfactory, seasonable,
   seemly, severe, so so, softhearted, sortable, spotless, stainless,
   sterling, strict, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for,
   sufficing, suitable, sympathetic, sympathizing, tasteful, tender,
   tenderhearted, thoughtful, tidy, timely, to be desired, tolerable,
   traditional, true-dealing, true-devoted, true-disposing,
   true-souled, true-spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt,
   uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unexceptional,
   unimpeachable, unimpressive, unobjectionable, unspotted, unstained,
   unsullied, untarnished, up to, upright, uprighteous, upstanding,
   urbane, useful, virtuous, warm, warmhearted, well-bred, well-timed,
   wise, workmanlike, worthwhile, worthy, yeomanly





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