decent

adj

1. Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
2. Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
3. (informal)Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.

   “Are you decent? May I come in?”

4. Fair; acceptable; okay.

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

   “A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”

   “And ‘blubbing’ . . . Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. 1920s schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.”

   “I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service.”

5. Significant; substantial.

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

6. Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.

   “I had a cup of tea - the last decent cup of tea for many days; and in a room that most soothingly looked just as you would expect a lady’s drawing-room to look, we had a long quiet chat by the fireside.”

7. (obsolete)Comely; shapely; well-formed.

   “And ſable ſtole of Cipres Lawn, Over thy decent ſhoulders drawn.”

noun

1. (alt-of, misspelling)Misspelling of descent.