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[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] : WordNet (r) 2.0
decently
     adv 1: in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently"
            ant: indecently
     2: in the right manner; "please do your job properly"; "can't
        you carry me decent?" syn: properly, decent, in good
        order, right, the right way ant: improperly
see also:
indecently properly decent in good order right the right way 
improperly 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
75 moby thesaurus words for "decently":
   acceptably, adequately, advantageously, advisably, aesthetically,
   appropriately, artistically, becomingly, blamelessly, congruously,
   conscientiously, conveniently, correctly, decorously, desirably,
   elegantly, erectly, expediently, fairishly, fairly, fairly well,
   fastidiously, feasibly, fitly, fittingly, genteelly, gracefully,
   high-mindedly, honestly, honorably, immaculately, in good taste,
   irreproachably, justly, meticulously, moderately, morally, nicely,
   nobly, opportunely, passably, practically, presentably, pretty,
   pretty well, properly, punctiliously, purely, quietly, rather,
   reputably, respectably, righteously, rightly, satisfactorily,
   scrupulously, seasonably, seemly, simply, sortably, stainlessly,
   suitably, tastefully, to advantage, tolerably, unexceptionably,
   unimpeachably, unobtrusively, unspottedly, uprightly, upstandingly,
   virtuously, well enough, with taste, worthily





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