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View definitions for decently

decently

adverb as in correctly

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Example Sentences

The crowd inside the convention center is very white, fairly old, and presumably decently rich.

But you certainly wouldn't know this if you were even a decently informed voter.

You need—peacefully, humbly, decently—to make them spill your blood.

Yonni did the right thing when he asked two women to treat each other decently—simply because he loves them both.

Treating a woman decently right up to the end of your association with her is the best way to prevent relationship blowback.

The Taube has been bothering us again, but wound up its manœuvres very decently by killing some fish for our dinner.

He was decently dressed in grey tweeds, and wore a diamond ring on his little finger.

Two squires of the Norman Duke led in an Arab, muscular, bright-eyed, decently habited.

No great attempt was made to get the guardians to provide the necessary separate accommodation, or to make it decently habitable.

Caroline, unable decently to go away, gives her gown a sort of flip on one side, as if to produce a separation.

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On this page you'll find 154 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to decently, such as: appropriately, competently, satisfactorily, sufficiently, abundantly, and acceptably.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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