DECENT
\dˈiːsənt], \dˈiːsənt], \d_ˈiː_s_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of DECENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
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conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
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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"
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decently clothed; "are you decent?"
By Princeton University
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in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"
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conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana
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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"
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(informal) decently clothed; "are you decent?"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
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Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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Comely; shapely; well-formed.
By Oddity Software
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Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
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Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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Comely; shapely; well-formed.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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Decently.
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Decentness.
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Proper; decorous; respectable; modest; chaste.
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Sufficient; passable; moderate.
By James Champlin Fernald
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