Dictionary Entry
decent
decent is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and adverb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 11 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
- 2adjective
Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
- 3adjective
Comely; shapely; well-formed.
- 4adjective
Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
- 5adjective
conforming to conventions of sexual behavior- George Santayana
"speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"
- 6adjective
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"
- 7adjective
decently clothed
"are you decent?"
- 8adjective
according with custom or propriety
"her becoming modesty"
"comely behavior"
- 9adjective
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
"from a decent family"
"a nice girl"
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- 10adjective
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"
"the food was adequate"
- 11adverb
in the right manner
"please do your job properly!"
"can't you carry me decent?"
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