Word Finder - decent

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Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.

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(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.

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Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

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Are you decent? May I come in?

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Fair; good enough; okay.

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He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.

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Significant; substantial.

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There are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them.

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Comely; shapely; well-formed.

You can't be decent for two seconds, can you?

She looked decent in jeans and a long-sleeved shirt.

You're being decent right now.

Looks like you could use a decent meal.

I'm going to get an education and a decent job.

Still, sometimes he's decent enough that I think there's more to him.

Is there nothing that is decent to eat in this palace?

On the death of Ignatius, probably in October 878, Photius, after a decent show of reluctance, again filled the patriarchal throne.

He deserves a decent burial.

Why should not established institutions proceed upon the customary and convenient methods of routine, while the delights of existence were augmented, manners polished, arts developed, and a golden age of epicurean ease made decent by a state religion which no one cared to break with because no one was left to regard it seriously?

Decent wasn't the word she'd ever use for Rhyn.

Gerald was a decent sort.

It wasn't possible there was a decent side to him.

We have a comparatively decent system of common schools, schools for infants only; but excepting the half-starved Lyceum in the winter, and latterly the puny beginning of a library suggested by the State, no school for ourselves.

Many different types of sleep disorders can keep you awake at night or at least prevent you from getting a decent night's sleep.

Specializing in swimsuits size eight and up, Swimsuits For All is a swimsuit megastore offering a decent selection of blouson swimsuits.

The company has a decent return/repair policy and supreme customer service compared to Red Octane.

As there is no online multiplayer set up just yet for the Nintendo Wii, I was hoping to at least find a decent local multiplayer in Excite Truck, split-screen style.

Background music is sometimes subtle, other times very dramatic during boss encounters.The video segments are decent, but could be a bit more detailed.

Since old games lose their value so rapidly, sometimes you'll get a fairly decent older game for nothing.

If you looking for a decent, but cost effective method for VoIP, Internet gaming, or basic listening, pick up this PC gaming headset.

Response was decent and it was as I expected it to be, once I understood the physics, that is.

But hey, at least the voice acting is decent.

Once the grenade is within a decent blast radius of the opponent, its ribcage light then turns red and blasts them with a blinding white light that sends the opponent falling down rag doll physics style.

The graphics in Harry Potter Goblet of Fire are decent.

Graphics have surpassed the Xbox 360 and Wii, but the PS3 is having a hard time getting a decent gaming following.

If you can get over the bad graphics, there is a decent game that can keep you moving.

While not stealing direct components from Halo (would that really be a bad thing?), this first person shooter features decent graphics and open levels, but also showcases very inadequate gameplay.

From the outset, you might get the impression the in-game graphics might be decent.

While the graphics are decent, it may not be enough to hold your interest.

If you are a fan of anything Metroid, pinball, or are just looking for a decent Nintendo DS game, Metroid Prime Pinball is a good choice.

The dinner menu, accompanied by a decent wine list, includes everything from local seafood to prime steaks.

Thankfully, you won't have to wander far to find a decent bite to eat.

I'll be in the kitchen... when you get decent.

You should let him take a decent nap in our room and drop this silly business.

I appreciate you helping me, Xander, and for being somewhat decent to my cousin.

A cynicism so unblushing shocked even the seasoned diplomats of the congress, who would have preferred that the king should have made a decent show of yielding to force.

Two popes anathematized each other from Avignon and from Rome, and zealous churchmen were at their wit's end to concoct ways and means, by general councils of Constance and Basel and otherwise, to restore peace to a distracted church, and to discipline the clergy into decent living.

Those taking part in processions are to walk bare-headed (weather permitting), two and two, in decent costume, and with reverent mien; clergy and laity, men and women, are to walk separately.

They wear a minimum of covering, but, unlike the Melanesians, are strictly decent, while they are more moral than the Polynesians.

The Government of Ireland Bill gave no protection to landowners, but as the crisis was mainly agrarian, it would have been hardly decent to make no show of considering them.

King Leopold was personally a man of considerable attainments and much strength of character, but he was a notoriously dissolute monarch, who even to the last offended decent opinion by his indulgences at Paris and on the Riviera.

Radar and thermal image coverage was decent, indicating the vamps were mainly gathered in one spot.

I've never been as strong of an advocate for you as Andre, but I always thought you decent somewhere on the inside.

Martha, who couldn't have run that fast from her trailer if she did have a decent pair of sneakers—which she didn't—was at the door, pulling a sled upon which was piled a bundle far smaller than any ten-year-old's belongings ought to represent.

The angle of decent was mercilessly gradual and her feet were sore by the time she was in icy water up to her knees.

Agriculture subsidies can make it impossible for small-scale farmers to make a decent living.

It's still not too late to find a decent abode should you manage to join us at Glamorgan in 2006 through Clearing.

Bowie, Belinda Carlisle and Melanie C. Because they're all decent human beings and socially adept.

We all agree that they're decent songwriters, but some of their vocal affectations to me are really annoying.