semi-decent

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Adjective

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semi-decent (comparative more semi-decent, superlative most semi-decent)

  1. Alternative form of semidecent
    • 1996, R. Swinburne Clymer, The Rose Cross Order: History Repeats Itself, →ISBN, page 130:
      Now is it right to thrust even a semi-decent man in the same cell with a low drunken thief?
    • 2007, Yew Baneberry, Bittersweet Nightshade, →ISBN, page 163:
      She wondered why she was having a semi-decent conversation with the woman who had spent several years plotting her death.
    • 2011, Elena Aitken, Nothing Stays In Vegas, →ISBN:
      I'm pretty sure teal was created for you. Only blondies with green eyes can look semi-decent in teal.
    • 2013, Sam Christer, The Camelot Code, →ISBN:
      Their money comes from a modest business that involves collecting, refilling and reselling inkjet cartridges and it's successful enough to afford a semi-decent four-bed in a semi-decent LA suburb.
    • 2016, Lauren Oliver, Replica, →ISBN:
      He did a semi-decent job of concealing his disappointment.