decent

Universal Words adjective 1 (especially spoken) of a good enough standard or quality: a decent meal / job / place to live * I need a decent night's sleep. 2 (of people or behaviour) honest and fair; treating people with respect: ordinary, decent, hard-working people * Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy. 3 acceptable to people in a particular situation: a decent burial * That dress isn't decent. * She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again. 4 (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow sb to see you: I can't go to the door-I'm not decent. compareINDECENT decently adverb: I escaped from the party as soon as was decently possible. * You need to be decently dressed to go for an interview. IDIOMS to do the decent thing to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation: He did the decent thing and resigned.