decently
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de·cent
(dē′sənt)adj.
1.
a. Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality: a respected citizen who led a decent life; children brought up in decent homes.
b. Morally upright; moral or respectable: "the corruption that allows the unscrupulous to grow rich while decent people labor to earn an honest wage" (Amitav Ghosh).
c. Kind or obliging: very decent of them to lend you money.
d. Showing thoughtfulness or consideration: let a decent interval go by before calling.
2. Free from indelicacy or obscenity; clean: decent television programming for children.
3. Fairly good; acceptable; satisfactory: finally got a decent night's sleep; made decent wages in the new job.
4.
a. Suitable; fitting: had nothing decent to wear to the reception.
b. Informal Properly or modestly dressed: The guests are here—are you decent?
[Latin decēns, decent-, present participle of decēre, to be fitting; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]
de′cent·ly adv.
de′cent·ness n.
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Adv. | 1. | decently - in a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently" indecently - in an indecent manner; "she was rather indecently dressed" |
2. | decently - in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" |
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Translations
بِلَياقَه، باحْتِشام
slušně
ordentligt
sómasamlega, òokkalega
doğru dürüstedeplice
decently
[ˈdiːsəntlɪ] ADV1. (= respectably) → decentemente, decorosamente
2. (= kindly) → amablemente, con amabilidad
he very decently offered it to me → muy amablemente me lo ofreció
he very decently offered it to me → muy amablemente me lo ofreció
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
decently
[ˈdiːsəntli] adv (= properly) [behave] → convenablement; [live] → convenablement; [treat] → convenablement
They only want the chance to live their lives decently → Ils veulent simplement qu'on leur donne une chance de mener une vie convenable.
They only want the chance to live their lives decently → Ils veulent simplement qu'on leur donne une chance de mener une vie convenable.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
decently
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
decent
(ˈdiːsnt) adjective1. fairly good; of fairly good quality. a decent standard of living.
2. kindly, tolerant or likeable. He's a decent enough fellow.
3. not vulgar or immoral; modest. Keep your language decent!
ˈdecency noun (the general idea of) what is proper, fitting, moral etc; the quality or act of being decent. In the interests of decency, we have banned nude bathing; He had the decency to admit that it was his fault.
ˈdecently adverb in a manner acceptable to the general idea of what is proper or suitable. You're not going out unless you're decently dressed.
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