'Decently' definitions:
Definition of 'decently'
From: WordNet
adverb
In a decent manner; "they don't know how to dress decently" [ant: indecently]
adverb
In the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?" [syn: properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right way] [ant: improperly]
Definition of 'Decently'
From: GCIDE
- decent \de"cent\ (d[=e]"sent), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[=a][,c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deign.]
- 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Before his decent steps. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
- A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. [1913 Webster]
- A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. --Burke. -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'decently'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptably,
- adequately,
- advantageously,
- advisably,
- aesthetically,
- appropriately,
- artistically,
- becomingly,
- blamelessly,
- congruously,
- conscientiously,
- conveniently,
- correctly,
- decorously,
- desirably,
- elegantly,
- erectly,
- expediently,
- fairishly,
- fairly,
- fairly well,
- fastidiously,
- feasibly,
- fitly,
- fittingly,
- genteelly,
- gracefully,
- high-mindedly,
- honestly,
- honorably,
- immaculately,
- in good taste,
- irreproachably,
- justly,
- meticulously,
- moderately,
- morally,
- nicely,
- nobly,
- opportunely,
- passably,
- practically,
- presentably,
- pretty,
- pretty well,
- properly,
- punctiliously,
- purely,
- quietly,
- rather,
- reputably,
- respectably,
- righteously,
- rightly,
- satisfactorily,
- scrupulously,
- seasonably,
- seemly,
- simply,
- sortably,
- stainlessly,
- suitably,
- tastefully,
- to advantage,
- tolerably,
- unexceptionably,
- unimpeachably,
- unobtrusively,
- unspottedly,
- uprightly,
- upstandingly,
- virtuously,
- well enough,
- with taste,
- worthily