decent

Definition

  • adjective: polite, moral, and honest
  • adjective: well-formed
  • synonyms: appropriate, handsome, becoming

Examples

  • I know you've got a lot to do, but try to get to bed at a 'decent' hour. [=at a time that is not too late at night]

  • We were asked to wait a 'decent' interval [=wait for an appropriate amount of time] before making the announcement.

  • The book is selling 'decently' [='fairly well'; 'well enough'] but we were expecting it to sell better.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Tell me! (STRUGGLING TO BREATHE) Damn you! And may you rest in peace. ECBERT: Give the bishop a proper and decent Christian burial. Even in such times, we must do what is right. So, King Aelle is defeated. Most horribly and barbarously put to death, sire. (..)
    2017 TvShow: Vikings Title: On the Eve Season: 4 Episode 19