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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (6)

1. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
- Example: "from a decent family"
- Example: "a nice girl"
[syn: decent, nice]

2. according with custom or propriety;
- Example: "her becoming modesty"
- Example: "comely behavior"
- Example: "it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"
- Example: "a decent burial"
- Example: "seemly behavior"
[syn: becoming, comely, comme il faut, decent, decorous, seemly]

3. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior;
- Example: "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana

4. sufficient for the purpose;
- Example: "an adequate income"
- Example: "the food was adequate"
- Example: "a decent wage"
- Example: "enough food"
- Example: "food enough"
[syn: adequate, decent, enough]

5. decently clothed;
- Example: "are you decent?"

6. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress;
- Example: "a modest neckline in her dress"
- Example: "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"


ADVERB (1)

1. in the right manner;
- Example: "please do your job properly!"
- Example: "can't you carry me decent?"
[syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way]



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['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum,
   Deign.]
   1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
      fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
      language. --Shak.
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            Before his decent steps.              --Milton.
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   2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
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   3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
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            A sable stole of cyprus lawn
            Over thy decent shoulders drawn.      --Milton.
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            By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
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   4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
      fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
      decent fortune; a decent person.
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            A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                  --Burke.
      -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

clothed \clothed\ adj.
   1. wearing clothing. [Narrower terms: adorned(predicate),
      bedecked(predicate), decked(predicate), decked
      out(predicate); 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 nines(predicate), dressed to
      kill(predicate), 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

decent
    adv 1: in the right manner; "please do your job properly!";
           "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly,
           decently, decent, in good order, right, the
           right way] [ant: improperly]
    adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
           "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: decent,
           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, decent, 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: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
       was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
       [syn: adequate, decent, 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"