Synonyms for decently
de·cent·ly

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1. decentlyadverb

   in a decent manner

   "they don't know how to dress decently"

   Synonyms:
   in good order, decent, the right way, properly, right

   Antonyms:
   indecently

2. properly, decently, decent, in good order, right, the right wayadverb

   in the right manner

   "please do your job properly!"; "can't you carry me decent?"

   Synonyms:
   in good order, the right way, by rights, powerful, justly, flop, properly, right on, mightily, right, correctly, mighty, aright, decent

   Antonyms:
   indecently

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1. List of paraphrases for "decently":

   aright, politely

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How to use decently in a sentence?

1. Aleister Crowley:

   Men and women are not free to love decently until they have analyzed themselves completely and swept away every mystery from sex; and this means the acquisition of a profound philosophical theory based on wide reading of anthropology and enlightened practice.

2. Nasir El-Rufai:

   We are waiting for the person who will come and intervene. They will go back in body bags because nobody will come to Nigeria and tell us how to run our country, we have got that independence and we are trying to run our country as decently as possible.

3. Patrick Rodgers:

   I really felt like I played decently coming in, but just playing a U.S. Open, you’re sometimes a bounce away or a lip-out away from a tough hole or a tough situation, that's just part of this event.

4. D. H. Lawrence:

   Why doesn't the past decently bury itself, instead of sitting waiting to be admired by the present

5. Angela Holguin:

   All the money I had in the bank, I put into my house to be able to live decently, but now I live worse than a dog, we can't figure out what we're being punished for, because this is too much humiliation.