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1. WordNet® 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"

2. 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.
      [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.
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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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3. 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]

Thesaurus Results for Decent:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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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