DECENT


Meaning of DECENT in English

adj.

1 good/acceptable

VERBS

▪ be , look

The bar looked ~ enough.

ADVERB

▪ really , very

▪ perfectly

▪ fairly , half , halfway , pretty , quite , reasonably , relatively

We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway ~.

▪ enough

PREPOSITION

▪ to

My uncle has been pretty ~ to me.

2 honest/respectable

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ very

▪ really

▪ perfectly , thoroughly

PHRASES

▪ do the ~ thing

I think he should do the ~ thing and resign.

Decent is used with these nouns: ↑ accommodation , ↑ amount , ↑ bloke , ↑ burial , ↑ chance , ↑ chap , ↑ citizen , ↑ education , ↑ excuse , ↑ fellow , ↑ folk , ↑ food , ↑ funeral , ↑ guy , ↑ haircut , ↑ housing , ↑ interval , ↑ job , ↑ lad , ↑ living , ↑ meal , ↑ pension , ↑ people , ↑ person , ↑ price , ↑ profit , ↑ respect , ↑ restaurant , ↑ return , ↑ salary , ↑ shape , ↑ society , ↑ standard , ↑ start , ↑ team , ↑ thing , ↑ wage , ↑ woman

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