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decentish

decentish adjective: somewhat decent; all right, tolerable.

Adjective

decentish (comparative more decentish, superlative most decentish)

  1. (informal) Somewhat decent; all right, tolerable.
    • The stranger produced a match, and lighted a cigar, saying, as he did so, “Decentish kind o’ wench you’ve got round there, stranger.”1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 12, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin
    • Two hundred decentish, rather subdued-looking people were sitting packed on long wooden benches.1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC

Forms of decentish

comparativemore decentish
superlativemost decentish

Origin of decentish

From decent + -ish.

Questions about decentish

What does decentish mean?
Decentish means somewhat decent; all right, tolerable.
What part of speech is decentish?
Decentish is an adjective.

Words near decentish in the dictionary

  1. decenterings
  2. decenters
  3. decentest
  4. decentile
  5. decentiles
  6. decentish
  7. decently
  8. decentness
  9. decentral
  10. decentral planning
  11. decentralisation

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