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more decent
adjective as in respectable, appropriate
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- approved
- becoming
- befitting
- chaste
- clean
- comely
- comme il faut
- conforming
- continent
- decorous
- delicate
- ethical
- fit
- fitting
- immaculate
- mannerly
- moral
- nice
- on the up and up
- presentable
- pure
- reserved
- seemly
- spotless
- stainless
- standard
- straight
- straight arrow
- straight shooting
- suitable
- unblemished
- undefiled
- untarnished
- upright
- virtuous
- worthy
adjective as in kind, generous
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adjective as in sufficient, tolerable
Example Sentences
Manners became more decent, pity was more easily evoked by human suffering, and culture more widely diffused.
Scarron now became more decent in his manners and conversation; and his gaiety was thus more agreeable.
I want to go into Parliament—when I am patched up and more decent looking, and I believe you would be of the greatest help to me.
Lady Baldock was a little more decent than usual just before I left Baddingham.
She says Hatty has improved wonderfully; her cheeks are not so shockingly red, and she speaks better, and has more decent manners.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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