decently

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?

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[Latin decēns, decent-, present participle of decēre, to be fitting; see dek- in Indo-European roots.]

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de′cent·ly adv.

de′cent·ness n.

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Thesaurus

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?" decent, in good order, properly, the right way, right

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Translations

بِلَياقَه، باحْتِشام

slušně

ordentligt

anständig

convenablementhonnêtementproprement

sómasamlega, òokkalega

doğru dürüstedeplice

合乎礼仪地正派地

decently

[ˈdiːsəntlɪ] ADV

1. (= respectably) → decentemente, decorosamente

2. (= kindly) → amablemente, con amabilidad
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

[ˈdiːs^əntli] 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.

(= without discourtesy) [leave] → décemment
I thought I could decently leave, pleading work → Je pensais pouvoir décemment partir, prétextant que j'avais du travail.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

decently

adv treat, pay, live → anständig; dress also → schicklich (geh); bury → richtig, mit Anstand; you can’t decently ask him to do it now → Sie können ihn jetzt kaum bitten, es zu tun

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

decently

[ˈdiːs/əntlɪ] adv (respectably) → decentemente, convenientemente; (kindly) → gentilmente

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

decent

(ˈdiːsnt) adjective

1. fairly good; of fairly good quality. a decent standard of living. betaamlik, fatsoenlik, welvoeglik حَسَن، مُرْضٍ благоприличен razoável slušný, ucházející annehmbar anstændig; ordentlig ικανοποιητικόςdecente korralik مناسب؛ شایسته kelvollinen convenableהולם उचित pristojan, častan tűrhető baik sæmandi decoroso かなりの 남부럽지 않은 neblogas, gana padorus pietiekams; apmierinošs tertib behoorlijkanstendig, skikkeligprzyzwoity ښه، شريف: ملايم، سپيڅلى razoável ac­ceptabil благопристойный slušný dostojen pristojan hygglig, skaplig เหมาะสม doğru dürüst, tatmin edici 體面的 пристойний قابل قبول؛ اچھے معیار کا đáng hài lòng 体面的

2. kindly, tolerant or likeable. He's a decent enough fellow. ordentlik مُهَذَّب، لَطيف скромен decente slušný anständig anstændig; ordentlig καθωσπρέπει, αξιοπρεπήςamable kena آراسته؛ محجوب mukava bienנחמד अच्छा doličan, priličan rendes jujur sanngjarn, velviljaður gentile きちんとした 품위 있는 gana malonus pieklājīgs sopan geschiktskikkelig, snill, likendesprzyzwoity ځائى، خواخوږي، تمايل، په مهربا ني decente cumsecade славный slušný ljubezniv pristojan hygglig, snäll มีเกียรติ; น่านับถือ dürüst 正派的 порядний; скромний مہربان، فراخ دل یا پسندیدہ tử tế 正派的

3. not vulgar or immoral; modest. Keep your language decent! betaamlik, ordentlik لائِق، مُحْتَشَم благоприличен decente slušný anständig anstændig ευπρεπής, κόσμιοςdecente sünnis مودبانه säädyllinen décentהגון मर्यादित čedan, ćudoredan illedelmes sopan siðsamur, háttvís decoroso みだらでない 온당한 padorus piedienīgs santun fatsoenlijkanstendig, sømmeligprzyzwoity معدب decente decent пристойный slušný spodoben pristojan anständig, städad, ordentlig เหมาะสม edepli, terbiyeli (言語、舉止等)合乎禮儀的 пристойний; належний بداخلاقی اور فواحش سے بری ، مناسب đứng đắn （言语、举止等）合乎礼仪的

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. ordentlikheid, betaamlikheid, fatsoenlikheid حِشْمَه، إحْتِشام، لَياقَه благоприличие decência slušnost, mravnost der Anstand anstændighed ευπρέπεια, αξιοπρέπειαdecencia, decoro sündsus شایستگی؛ بزرگواری säädyllisyys décence, bienséance הָגִינוּת शालीनता pristojnost, ćudoređe illem kesopanan velsæmi decenza, decoro きちんとして品位のあること 품위 padorumas pieklājība kesopanan fatsoenanstendighet, sømmelighet przyzwoitość درنښت، مناسب خوى يا اخلاق decoro decenţă, bună-creştere приличие mravnosť, slušnosť spodobnost pristojnost anständighet ความประพฤติที่ถูกทำนองคลองธรรม dürüstlük, terbiye, edep (言語、舉止等)合乎禮儀，莊重 пристойність; порядність حسن اخلاق phép lịch sự （言语、举止等）合乎礼仪，庄重

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. ordentlik, behoorlik بِلَياقَه، باحْتِشام благоприлично decentemente slušně anständig anstændigt; ordentligt ευπρεπώς decentemente sündsalt بطور شایسته؛ بطور مناسب säädyllisesti convenablement בִּצנִיעוּת, כָּיָאֶה शालीनता से pristojno, čedno illedelmesen secara sopan sómasamlega, þokkalega decentemente きちんと 품위 있게 padoriai pieklājīgi; apmierinoši; pienācīgi dengan tertib fatsoenlijkanstendig, sømmelig przyzwoicie درنښت decentemente cuviincios, decent прилично slušne spodobno pristojno anständigt, ordentligt อย่างเหมาะสม doğru dürüst, edeplice (言語、舉止等)合乎禮儀地，正派地 порядно, пристойно مروجہ طریقے کے مطابق một cách đứng đắn （言语、举止等）合乎礼仪地，正派地

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