decent

Adjective

decent (comparative more decent, superlative most decent)

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.
   • Zohran Mamdani is a decent man for not accepting the pay rise he’s entitled to, as he wishes to see that money go to the poor of New York.

   Synonyms:

   good, moral

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.1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   satisfactory

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.1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 201
7. (obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
   • And ſable ſtole of Cipres Lawn,
     Over thy decent ſhoulders drawn.a. 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC, page 38