DECENCY, DECENT, DECENTLY
ADJECTIVES
– decent, clean, orderly; comely, good-looking FARRINKLY 1860 Eng. dial.
– decent, good OKEY L19 sl.
– decent, meet, becoming, seemly, proper TALL c1400 obs.
– decent, of good or estimable character O.K.; OKAY 1839 colloq.
– decent, proper, becoming GANELIE 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
– decent, proper, fitting, seemly, becoming HANDSOME 1597 obs.
– decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat MENSE 1879 Eng. dial.
– decent, respectable, creditable to a man; becoming, proper, seemly, modest MENSEFUL 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– decent, respectable; neat, tidy FARRANTLY 1790 Eng. dial.
– decent, respectable; neat, tidy; comely, handsome, good-looking FARRANDLY 1790 Eng. dial.
– decent, respectable, of pleasing appearance or manner FEASIBLE 1820 Sc.
– decent, seemly, respectable, modest MANNERLY a1300 obs.
– decent, trustworthy ALL RIGHT 1841
– decent, well-behaved, becoming FARRAND; FARRANT a1300 Sc. & N. Eng. obs.
ADVERBS
1300 ► MANNERLY decently, in a seemly manner, becomingly, properly → obs.
1325 ► FARRANTLY decently, pleasantly → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1891 ► MENSEFULLY decently, becomingly, suitably, fittingly → Sc. & Eng. dial.
NOUNS
1555 ► HANDSOMENESS decency, propriety, becomingness, → obs.
1561 ► DECENTNESS decency, propriety → obs.
1678 ► DECENCE decency → obs.
1737 ► MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1929 ► EESKYIE decency, goodness, sense → Sc.
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