decently 音标拼音: [d'isəntli]
ad . 高雅地;端正地;亲切地
高雅地;端正地;亲切地
decently adv 1 :
in a decent manner ; "
they don '
t know how to dress decently " [
ant : {
indecently }]
2 :
in the right manner ; "
please do your job properly !"; "
can '
t you carry me decent ?" [
synonym : {
properly }, {
decently }, {
decent },
{
in good order }, {
right }, {
the right way }] [
ant :
{
improperly }]
decent \
de "
cent \ (
d [=
e ]"
sent ),
a . [
L .
decens ,
decentis ,
p .
pr .
of decere to be fitting or becoming ;
akin to decus glory ,
honor ,
ornament ,
Gr .
dokei ^
n to seem good ,
to seem ,
think ;
cf .
Skr .
d [=
a ][,
c ]
to grant ,
to give ;
and perh .
akin to E .
attire ,
tire :
cf .
F .
d ['
e ]
cent .
Cf . {
Decorate }, {
Decorum },
{
Deign }.]
1 .
Suitable in words ,
behavior ,
dress ,
or ceremony ;
becoming ;
fit ;
decorous ;
proper ;
seemly ;
as ,
decent conduct ;
decent language . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Before his decent steps . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Free from immodesty or obscenity ;
modest .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Comely ;
shapely ;
well -
formed . [
Archaic ]
[
1913 Webster ]
A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn . --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed . --
Pope .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
Moderate ,
but competent ;
sufficient ;
hence ,
respectable ;
fairly good ;
reasonably comfortable or satisfying ;
as ,
a decent fortune ;
a decent person .
[
1913 Webster ]
A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs .
--
Burke .
-- {
De "
cent *
ly },
adv . -- {
De "
cent *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
75 Moby Thesaurus words for "
decently ":
acceptably ,
adequately ,
advantageously ,
advisably ,
aesthetically ,
appropriately ,
artistically ,
becomingly ,
blamelessly ,
congruously ,
conscientiously ,
conveniently ,
correctly ,
decorously ,
desirably ,
elegantly ,
erectly ,
expediently ,
fairishly ,
fairly ,
fairly well ,
fastidiously ,
feasibly ,
fitly ,
fittingly ,
genteelly ,
gracefully ,
high -
mindedly ,
honestly ,
honorably ,
immaculately ,
in good taste ,
irreproachably ,
justly ,
meticulously ,
moderately ,
morally ,
nicely ,
nobly ,
opportunely ,
passably ,
practically ,
presentably ,
pretty ,
pretty well ,
properly ,
punctiliously ,
purely ,
quietly ,
rather ,
reputably ,
respectably ,
righteously ,
rightly ,
satisfactorily ,
scrupulously ,
seasonably ,
seemly ,
simply ,
sortably ,
stainlessly ,
suitably ,
tastefully ,
to advantage ,
tolerably ,
unexceptionably ,
unimpeachably ,
unobtrusively ,
unspottedly ,
uprightly ,
upstandingly ,
virtuously ,
well enough ,
with taste ,
worthily
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