They don't know how to dress decently. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a decent family. ,a decent wage. ,It was very decent of him to lend me his watch. ,She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter. ,a decent face. From Dictionary.com.
Our responsibility to behave fairly and decently is something we owe to other people, not to government. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-01-01] Reference
Now if he marries — decently, that is — some woman you know that can assist him in the world, let him have what he wants. From Wordnik.com. [Doctor Thorne] Reference
Rural Electrification Corporation issue seen 'decently' priced. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to 'Textiles weathered recession adequately'] Reference
Archbishop of Newark's sci-fi novel Space Vulture selling 'decently'. From Wordnik.com. [Sarx] Reference
It also noted the sector tends to perform "decently" in the summer months. From Wordnik.com. [SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page] Reference
When the German team arrives in Iran, they are forced to wear headscarves and to behave "decently". From Wordnik.com. [Dane101] Reference
Buck's body was carefully removed and decently buried. From Wordnik.com. [The Air Ship Boys : Or, the Quest of the Aztec Treasure] Reference
I am glad to have somebody who can talk decently near me. From Wordnik.com. [A Woman at Bay Or, a Fiend in Skirts] Reference
Hardly was General Taylor decently buried in the Congressional. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
And they carried the dead man and laid him decently on his bed. From Wordnik.com. [The McBrides A Romance of Arran] Reference
"It helps keep my student loans low while still living decently.". From Wordnik.com. [Taking the Longer Road] Reference
The Lincoln MKZ (which was better named as Zephyr) sells decently. From Wordnik.com. [Would the Buick LaCrosse make a good Cadillac?] Reference
"If they paid the tax police decently, we wouldn't have to do this," he sighed. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
The hundreds of other options on the site present decently-vetted alternatives. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
It has another wonderful V6, drives decently on-road, and is quite good off-road. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Picks: Sporty and off-road... 2] Reference
I could live quite decently if I did not have to invest in so many rewards for him. From Wordnik.com. [Letters of a Dakota Divorcee] Reference
Turk can seldom be decently civil to him and considers him almost beneath contempt. From Wordnik.com. [Pan-Islam] Reference
"It is to be hoped that, at any rate, she will provide us with decently cooked food.". From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
She had to keep herself together now, until this was over and he was decently buried. From Wordnik.com. [Shuffling Deck Chairs on the Titanic] Reference
All that remained was to draw a veil as decently as might be over the forgettable humiliation. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Her employer -- then at the height of his power -- could not have behaved more decently to her. From Wordnik.com. [Conrad Black Gets Out Of Jail] Reference
For days after corpses were seen, carried along by the tide, and secured, to be decently buried. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
After decently dressing him, his benefactor presented him to the King, already informed of the event. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"Money and psychotherapy for the survivors, so they can live decently for the rest of their lives," he says. From Wordnik.com. [Belgian Church Admits Widespread Abuse] Reference
The month appears to have started off decently for big retailers, with their comments generally upbeat early on. From Wordnik.com. [Retailers Show Surprising Strength in August Sales] Reference
Those of more pretention and inevitable ugliness range themselves decently and in order along two parallel roads. From Wordnik.com. [A War-time Journal, Germany 1914 and German Travel Notes] Reference
Spring '91 would be the earliest he could decently announce; Democratic realists shudder at heat Cuomo would take. From Wordnik.com. [The New Mario Scenario] Reference
The men are decently clad, and the women wear a very voluminous kilt, sometimes two or three of them, over each other. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
Today, not two years later, Schang, 32, is a published travel writer with a busy schedule of decently paid freelance gigs. From Wordnik.com. [From Web to Print] Reference
If colleges ever really mandate that coaches treat their players decently, Knight and many others will be out of jobs, too. From Wordnik.com. [The Coach Fouls Out] Reference
(Soundbite of train horn) Mr. DEWAN: As your president, I, Jimmy Carter, know it was possible to win the government decently. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Dewan's Delightful Dewanatrons] Reference
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