• adjective:   observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

  Example: "Though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"

• adjective:   decently clothed

  Example: "Are you decent?"

• adjective:   socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous

  Example: "From a decent family"

• adjective:   conforming to conventions of sexual behavior

  Example: "Speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd- George Santayana"

• adjective:   enough to meet a purpose

  Example: "A decent wage"

• adjective:   according with custom or propriety

  Example: "A decent burial"

• adverb:   in the right manner

  Example: "Can't you carry me decent?"

• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #44125)

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