Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Decent \De"cent\, a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to
   be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament,
   Gr. ? to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d?c to grant, to
   give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d['e]cent.
   Cf. {Decorate}, {Decorum}, {Deig?}.]
   1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming;
      fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent
      language. --Shak.

            Before his decent steps.              --Milton.

   2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

   3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]

            A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent
            shoulders drawn.                      --Milton.

            By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. --Pope.

   4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable;
      fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a
      decent fortune; a decent person.

            A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs.
                                                  --Burke.
      -- {De"cent*ly}, adv. -- {De"cent*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

decent
     adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
            "from a decent family"; "a nice girl" [syn: {nice}]
     2: according with custom or propriety; "her becoming modesty";
        "comely behavior"; "it is not comme il faut for a
        gentleman to be constantly asking for money"; "a decent
        burial"; "seemly behavior" [syn: {becoming}, {comely}, {comme
        il faut}, {decorous}, {seemly}]
     3: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in
        this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"-
        George Santayana [ant: {indecent}]
     4: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
        was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
        enough" [syn: {adequate}, {enough}]
     5: decently clothed; "are you decent?"
     6: observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or
        dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of
        her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly
        decent by current standards"

decent
     adv : in the right manner; "please do your job properly!"; "can't
           you carry me decent?" [syn: {properly}, {decently}, {in
           good order}, {right}, {the right way}] [ant: {improperly}]