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decently, adv.|ˈdiːsəntlɪ|
[-ly2.]
1. In a decent manner; with decency; † suitably; † fittingly; becomingly; respectably.
1552Huloet, Decentlye, decenter. 1556Lauder Tractate 39 To rewle his ryng In Godlie maner, decentlie. 1611Bible 1 Cor. xiv. 40 Let all things be done decently [Vulg. honeste; Wyclif, and all 16th c. vv. honestly] and in order. 1639Fuller Holy War iv. viii. (1840) 192 He also caused the corpses of the Christians..decently to be interred. 1662Bk. Com. Prayer, Churching of Women, The woman..shall come into the Church decently apparelled. 1723De Foe Col. Jack (1840) 221 My wife..treated me more decently than she had been wont to do. 1751Johnson Rambler No. 170 ⁋2 My father was burthened with more children than he could decently support. 1814Southey Roderick iii, There upon the ground Four bodies, decently composed, were laid. 1871Morley Voltaire (1886) 74 In England, Voltaire noticed, the peasant is decently clad.
2. In a fairly satisfactory way or measure; tolerably, passably.
1846Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 368, I cannot even steady my hand to write decently. 1859Darwin in Life & Lett. (1887) I. 151 If I keep decently well. |