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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
        fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
        decent fortune; a decent person.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                    --Burke.
        -- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  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.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

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

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

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

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  behoorlik

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Decent /dˈiːsənt/
  محترم

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  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

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  slušný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  mravný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  řádný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  decentní

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

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

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  züchtig 
     Synonym: blushing
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  
  ευπρεπής, εύσχημος, πρέπων, καθωσπρεπής

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  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

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  decent /diːsnt/
  convenable

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  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."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

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

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

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

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

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

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  decent /dˈiːsənt/
  decente

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

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

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  decent /diːsnt/
  conveniente, decoroso, próprio

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  decent /diːsnt/
  conveniente

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

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

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

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

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  decent 
  decent  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  decent 
  decent  

From Lenga d'òc - Català FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:oci-cat ]

  decent 
  decent  

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈdisənt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  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
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 有分寸的,得体的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 有分寸的,得体的,大方的

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