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decently
Variant of decent
adjective
- proper and fitting: a decent burial
- not immodest; not obscene; chaste: decent language
- conforming to approved social standards; respectable: decent apparel
- reasonably good; adequate: decent wages
- fair and kind: decent treatment
- Informal adequately clothed for propriety
Related Forms:
- decently adverb
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