decent

adjective

1. conforming to the recognized standard of propriety, good taste, modesty, etc., as in behavior or speech.
2. respectable; worthy: a decent family.
3. adequate; fair; passable: a decent wage.
4. kind; obliging; generous: It was very decent of him to lend me his watch.
5. suitable; appropriate: She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.
6. of fairly attractive appearance: a decent face.
7. Informal. wearing enough clothing to appear in public.
8. Slang. great; wonderful.

adjective

1. polite or respectablea decent family
2. proper and suitable; fittinga decent burial
3. conforming to conventions of sexual behaviour; not indecent
4. free of oaths, blasphemy, etcdecent language
5. good or adequatea decent wage
6. informal kind; generoushe was pretty decent to me
7. informal sufficiently clothed to be seen by other peopleare you decent?

adj.

1530s, “proper to one’s station or rank,” also “tasteful,” from Middle French décent, or directly from Latin decentem (nominative decens) “becoming, seemly, fitting, proper,” present participle of decere “to be fitting or suitable,” from PIE *deke-, from root *dek- “to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable” (cf. Greek dokein “to appear, seem, think,” dekhesthai “to accept;” Sanskrit daśasyati “shows honor, is gracious,” dacati “makes offerings, bestows;” Latin docere “to teach,” decus “grace, ornament”). Meaning “kind, pleasant” is from 1902. Are you decent? (1949) was originally backstage theater jargon for “are you dressed.”