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Decently

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Adverb

1. decently

in a decent manner

Example Sentences:
'they don't know how to dress decently'

2. decent, decently, in good order, properly, right, the right way

in the right manner

Example Sentences:
'please do your job properly!'
'can't you carry me decent?'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Decently

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adjective
1. 
polite or respectable
a decent family
2. 
proper and suitable; fitting
a decent burial
3. 
conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour; not indecent
4. 
free of oaths, blasphemy, etc
decent language
5. 
good or adequate
a decent wage
6. informal
kind; generous
he was pretty decent to me
7. informal
sufficiently clothed to be seen by other people
are you decent?

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Decently

see synonyms of decently
adjective
1. 
proper and fitting
a decent burial
2. 
not immodest; not obscene; chaste
decent language
3. 
conforming to approved social standards; respectable
decent apparel
4. 
reasonably good; adequate
decent wages
5. 
fair and kind
decent treatment
6.  Informal
adequately clothed for propriety

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Decently

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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?

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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