decent

Adjective

• observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
  • a modest neckline in her dress
    
  • though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
    

• decently clothed
  • are you decent?
    

• sufficient for the purpose
  • an adequate income
    
  • the food was adequate
    
  • a decent wage
    
  • enough food
    
  • food enough
    

• conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
  • speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd- George Santayana
    

• according with custom or propriety
  • her becoming modesty
    
  • comely behavior
    
  • it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
    
  • a decent burial
    
  • seemly behavior
    

• socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
  • from a decent family
    
  • a nice girl
    

Adverb

• in the right manner
  • please do your job properly!
    
  • can't you carry me decent?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  adequate , enough , becoming , comely , comme il faut , decorous , seemly , nice , properly , decently , in good order , right , the right way
• Antonyms: 
  indecent , improperly