decentish

English

Etymology

From decent +‎ -ish.

Adjective

decentish (comparative more decentish, superlative most decentish)

1. (informal) Somewhat decent; all right, tolerable.
   • 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe, chapter 12, in Uncle Tom’s Cabin‎^[1]:

     The stranger produced a match, and lighted a cigar, saying, as he did so, “Decentish kind o’ wench you’ve got round there, stranger.”

   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXIX, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     Two hundred decentish, rather subdued-looking people were sitting packed on long wooden benches.

Anagrams

• dehiscent