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Definition of Decently
1. Adverb. In a decent manner. "They don't know how to dress decently"
2. Adverb. In the right manner. "Can't you carry me decent?"
Antonyms: Improperly
Partainyms: Proper
Definition of Decently
1. Adverb. In a decent manner; . ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decently
1. decent [adv] - See also: decent
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decently
Literary usage of Decently
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting Voyages and Travels in by John Pinkerton (1811)
"... but they take care to cover and to wrap them up in caps or hoods made of black
filk. They go decently and ..."
2. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1776 An elegant coffin was prepared, and [general Montgomery] was decently
interred.—W. Gordon, ' Hist. Am. Rev.,' ii. 187 (Lond., 1788). ..."
3. The Annals of Tennessee to the End of the Eighteenth Century: Comprising Its by James Gettys McGready Ramsey (1853)
"... shall be and remain open, for the admission of all persons who shall behave
decently; except when the good of the commonwealth requires them to be shut. ..."
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