| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, adequate, all right, average, common, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal : OK, tidy. See GOOD. 2. Morally beyond reproach, especially in sexual conduct: chaste, modest, nice, pure, virgin, virginal, virtuous. See GOOD, RESTRAINT, SEX. 3. Not lewd or obscene: clean, modest, wholesome. See DECENT. 4. Conforming to accepted standards: becoming, befitting, comely, comme il faut, correct, decorous, de rigueur, nice, proper, respectable, right, seemly. See COURTESY. 5. Informal. Proper in appearance: presentable, respectable. See GOOD, USUAL. 6. Being what is needed without being in excess: adequate, comfortable, competent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See EXCESS.
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