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decently 音标拼音: [d'isəntli] ad. 高雅地;端正地;亲切地 高雅地;端正地;亲切地 decently adv 1: in a decent manner; " they don' t know how to dress decently" [ ant: { indecently}] 2: in the right manner; " please do your job properly!"; " can' t you carry me decent?" [ synonym: { properly}, { decently}, { decent}, { in good order}, { right}, { the right way}] [ ant: { improperly}] 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] 75 Moby Thesaurus words for " decently": acceptably, adequately, advantageously, advisably, aesthetically, appropriately, artistically, becomingly, blamelessly, congruously, conscientiously, conveniently, correctly, decorously, desirably, elegantly, erectly, expediently, fairishly, fairly, fairly well, fastidiously, feasibly, fitly, fittingly, genteelly, gracefully, high- mindedly, honestly, honorably, immaculately, in good taste, irreproachably, justly, meticulously, moderately, morally, nicely, nobly, opportunely, passably, practically, presentably, pretty, pretty well, properly, punctiliously, purely, quietly, rather, reputably, respectably, righteously, rightly, satisfactorily, scrupulously, seasonably, seemly, simply, sortably, stainlessly, suitably, tastefully, to advantage, tolerably, unexceptionably, unimpeachably, unobtrusively, unspottedly, uprightly, upstandingly, virtuously, well enough, with taste, worthily
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