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  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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  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.
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     2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak.
        fog-cloaked meadows
  
     Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped.
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  Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to
     be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament,
     Gr. ? to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d?c to grant, to
     give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent.
     Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deig?.]
     1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
        fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
        language. --Shak.
  
              Before his decent steps.              --Milton.
  
     2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
  
     3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]
  
              A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent
              shoulders drawn.                      --Milton.
  
              By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
  
     4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
        fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
        decent fortune; a decent person.
  
              A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                    --Burke.
        -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.

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

  decent
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 αρκετά καλός, αποδεκτός
     2 έντιμος, αξιοπρεπής

  decent
     Friulian a.
     (l fur decent)
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la decet  3 p pres actv indc)
     Romanian a.
     (l en decent)

  decent
     a.
     1 (lb en obsolete) appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
     2 (lb en of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral
  standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics
  associated with moral uprightness.
     3 (lb en informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.
     4 fair; acceptable; okay.
     5 significant; substantial.
     6 Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.
     7 (lb en obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.

  decent
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la decet  3 p pres actv indc)
     Romanian a.
     (l en decent)

  decent
     Latin vb.
     (inflection of la decet  3 p pres actv indc)

  decent
     Englanti a.
     1 kelvollinen, kohtuullinen, hyväksyttävä
     2 asianmukainen, kunnollinen
     3 merkittävä määrältään
     4 pukeissa oleva

  decent
     Engelska a.
     1 anständig, lämplig, vettig
     2 (tagg: text=om personer) hyfsad

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  behoorlik

  Decent /dˈiːsənt/
  محترم

  decent //ˈdiːsənt// 
  1. прие́млив
  appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
  2. прили́чен 2.
  fair; good enough; okay
   3.
  sufficiently clothed
  3. благоприли́чен, прили́чен, присто́ен
  showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
  4. значи́телен, прили́чен
  significant; substantial

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  slušný

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  mravný

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  řádný

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  decentní

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  annehmbar, fair , in Ordnung
        "half-decent"  - halbwegs ordentlich

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  anständig 
           Note: Person, Sache
        "quite a decent dinner"  - ein recht anständiges Essen
        "That was decent of him."  - Das war (hoch)anständig von ihm.
        "He's a decent fellow."  - Er ist ein anständiger Mensch.
   see: halfway decent
  
           Note: person, matter

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  ehrbar, ehrenhaft, ehrsam 
           Note: Person
           Note: person

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  züchtig 
     Synonym: blushing
  

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  
  ευπρεπής, εύσχημος, πρέπων, καθωσπρεπής

  decent //ˈdiːsənt// 
  1. sopiva
  appropriate, suitable for the circumstances
  2. komea
  comely; shapely; well-formed
  3. ihan hyvä, kelpo, kunnollinen, käypä
  fair; good enough; okay
  4. kunnollinen, rehellinen, säädyllinen
  showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
  5. huomattava, kelvollinen, kunnollinen
  significant; substantial
  6. pukeissa, pukeutunut, vaatteet päällä
  sufficiently clothed

  decent /diːsnt/
  convenable

  decent /dˈiːsənt/ 
  1. उचित
        "All poor should be provided with decent food and shelter."
  2. अच्छा
        "The exhibition was quite decent."
  3. मर्यादित
        "He was wearing a decent dress."

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  korektan, ljubazan, pošten, pošteno, prijatan, pristojan, skroman, častan

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  1. tisztességes
  2. tûrhetô
  3. rendes
  4. megfelelô
  5. illô
  6. illedelmes

  decent //ˈdiːsənt// 
  baik
  showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  decente

  decent /ˈdi:sənt/ 
   1.  przyzwoity
   2.  porządny

  decent /diːsnt/
  conveniente, decoroso, próprio

  decent /diːsnt/
  conveniente

  decent //ˈdiːsənt// 
  1. hyfsad
  fair; good enough; okay
  2. sedesam, anständig
  showing integrity, fairness, moral uprightness
  3. anständig
  sufficiently clothed

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  1. terbiyeli, nazik, nezih, temiz, iyi. decently  terbiye ölçüsünde
  2. nezih bir şekilde
  3. yeteri kadar.

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  228 Moby Thesaurus words for "decent":
     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
  
  

  a. 有分寸的,得体的;

     a. 有分寸的,得体的,大方的