decent
Appropriate; suitable for the circumstances.
Other meanings
Having a suitable conformity to basic moral standards; showing integrity, fairness, or other characteristics associated with moral uprightness.
Fair; acceptable; okay.
“He's a decent saxophonist, but probably not good enough to make a career of it.”
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "decēns".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “decent” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.