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        "From Middle French décent, or its source, Latin decēns, present participle of decet (“it is fitting or suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- (“to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable”) (compare Ancient Greek δοκέω (dokéō, “I appear, seem, think”), δέχομαι (dékhomai, “I accept”); Sanskrit दशस्यति (daśasyáti, “shows honor, is gracious”), दाशति (dāśati, “makes offerings, bestows”)). Meaning ‘kind, pleasant’ is from 1902."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances."
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              "mean": "(of a person) Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness."
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              "mean": "(informal) Sufficiently clothed or dressed to be seen.\nAre you decent? May I come in?"
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              "mean": "Fair; good enough; okay.\nHe's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.\n1963,  Margery Allingham,  “Foreword”, in  The China Governess‎:A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.\n1991,  Stephen Fry,  The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 35:And ‘blubbing’... Blubbing went out with ‘decent’ and ‘ripping’. Mind you, not a bad new language to start up. Nineteen-twenties schoolboy slang could be due for a revival.\n2021 June 30,  Philip Haigh,  “Regional trains squeezed as ECML congestion heads north”, in  RAIL, number 934, page 53:I'm all for opening new stations (Transport Scotland is planning another at East Linton, about halfway between Drem and Dunbar), but they are useless without a decent service."
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              "mean": "Significant; substantial.\nThere are a decent number of references out there, if you can find them."
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              "mean": "Conforming to perceived standards of good taste.\n1899 February,  Joseph Conrad,  “The Heart of Darkness”, in  Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, , →OCLC, part I, page 201:I had a cup of tea - the last decent cup of tea for many days; and in a room that most soothingly looked just as you would expect a lady’s drawing-room to look, we had a long quiet chat by the fireside."
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              "mean": "(obsolete) Comely; shapely; well-formed.\na. 1645,  John Milton,  “Il Penseroso”, in  Poems of Mr. John Milton, , London:    Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, , published 1646, →OCLC, page 38:And ſable ſtole of Cipres Lawn,Over thy decent ſhoulders drawn."
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