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decently
adverb as in adequately
adverb as in correctly
Weak matches
adverb as in enough
adverb as in justly
Strongest matches
adverb as in morally
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Example Sentences
If you’ve let yourself go and haven’t touched the bike for a while, 20 miles is still eminently manageable, and a few rides at that length will get you back into decent shape.
Halfway through the 2020 NFL season, we have a decent idea about who the best and worst teams are — even if most of this year’s contenders have flaws that could keep them from reaching their full potential in the playoffs.
The game is best served as a decent foundation for the next few games.
The camera takes decent photos and more impressive 4K videos.
Garrett Gilbert had some decent moments as he succeeded Dak Prescott, Andy Dalton and Ben DiNucci as the starting QB.
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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Frequently Asked Questions
What is another word for decently?
Decently is the adverb form of the adjective decent, which has a few main meanings: it can be used to describe a good, upstanding person (or their actions), or it can mean adequate or passable. These are the senses usually captured by the adverb.
uprightly
To treat others decently involves behaving uprightly, virtuously, properly, or honorably toward them. It often means treating them well, in a way that conforms to the socially accepted standard.
However, decently can also mean adequately.
adequately
To do something decently is to do it adequately, passably, or acceptably. Saying that you’re paid decently usually means that you’re adequately compensated for your work. This implies that the pay is perhaps not great but definitely not bad—it’s decent.
Words similar to this sense of decently are satisfactorily, suitably, sufficiently, and tolerably, though each has different shades of meaning, with some implying a less positive (though not necessarily negative) assessment.
What’s the difference between decently and decorously?
Decorously and decently can be synonyms in certain contexts. To behave decorously is to behave properly—according to decorum. This can mean the same thing as decently, but it’s often even more positive.
What does it mean to be decently dressed?
To be decently dressed usually means to be dressed appropriately, often in a way that’s considered not too or “immodest” or “revealing.”
What is the opposite (antonym) of decently?
Each different sense of decently has its own opposites.
The direct antonym indecently is used in the context of bad behavior and poor treatment of others. To behave indecently is to behave inappropriately or improperly, often by treating someone poorly or in an unseemly way. This sense of the word often implies vulgarity or crudeness.
When decently means adequately or sufficiently, opposites include inadequately and insufficiently.
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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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