decent

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Appropriate

   Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.

2. 2

   Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards

   Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

3. 3

   Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

   • Are you decent? May I come in?
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   1. 4

      Fair

      Fair; acceptable; okay.

      • He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.
      • A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
      • And ‘blubbing’ . . . Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.
   2. 5

      Significant

      Significant; substantial.

      • There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.
   3. 6

      Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.

      • I had a cup of tea - the last decent cup of tea for many days; and in a room that most soothingly looked just as you would expect a lady’s drawing-room to look, we had a long quiet chat by the fireside.
   4. 7

      Comely

      Comely; shapely; well-formed.

      • And ſable ſtole of Cipres Lawn, Over thy decent ſhoulders drawn.
   5. 8

      Misspelling of descent.

The neighborhood

• antonymbadantonym(s) of “conforming suitably to moral standards”
• antonymimmoralantonym(s) of “conforming suitably to moral standards”
• antonymindecentantonym(s) of “sufficiently clothed”
• antonymunderdressedantonym(s) of “sufficiently clothed”
• antonyminadequateantonym(s) of “good enough”
• antonympoorantonym(s) of “good enough”
• antonymunsatisfactoryantonym(s) of “good enough”
• neighbordecency
• neighbordecently