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Definition of decent : 1. Comely; shapely; well- formed.
2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
3. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
4. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.

Synonyms:

right on, nice, fair, kind, comme il faut, competent, modest, justly, skillful, virgin, reserved, tidy, suitable, overnice, sightly, prissy, decorous, decently, conventional, delicate, proper, mannerly, goodish, becoming, common, OK, prudent, mighty, powerful, all right, sufficient, correctly, bonnie, by rights, usual, fair to middling, passable, meet, sex, the right way, moderate, continent, fit, satisfactory, enough, properly, accommodating, bonny, restraint, neat, honest, beseeming, graceful, trustworthy, wholesome, comfortable, correct, in good order, aright, courtesy, acceptable, squeamish, presentable, fairish, tolerable, excess, equal, obliging, upright, generous, right, de rigueur, courteous, virginal, average, straight, mightily, flop, befitting, congruous, dainty, seemly, adequate, fitting, comely, gracious

basic, irreducible, blameless, angelic, primal, pure, aboriginal, immaculate, formative, primary, undiluted, purebred, basal, honorable, elementary, unadulterated, spotless, uncluttered, innocent, unsullied, undefiled, unblemished, essential, sinless, guiltless, simon-pure, stainless, monolithic, prime, nascent, faultless, austere, clear, stark, unadorned, white, unalloyed, virtuous, chaste, bare, elemental, clean, atomic, untarnished, untainted, plain, indivisible, foundational, fundamental, simple

heroic, estimable, righteous, respectable, ethical, creditable, uncorrupted, noble, unspotted, upstanding, valorous, worthy, good, moral, high-minded, angelical, taintless

Usage examples:

• " We're of no use to you- it's decent to tell you. - "The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2", Henry James.
• They do more for you, when you are decent with them. - "Mary Minds Her Business", George Weston.
• Seven thousand a year- a place in the country- and a decent sort of girl, dropped down on me, as it were, from heaven! - "The Limit", Ada Leverson.