Capable and Decent

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Capable adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.

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Decent and capable are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Decent" instead an adjective "Capable".

Nearby Words: capability, capably

Decent adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.

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Capable and decent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Capable" instead an adjective "Decent".

Nearby Words: decency, decently

Beldegard is implied to be capable and decent, when he isn't a bear.

Source: Literature / The Wide-Awake Princess
Their Scions are perfectly capable of being decent folk - one of the sample characters on the hero side is the daughter of Baron Samedi, Loa of death.

Source: Dark Is Not Evil / Tabletop Games
Although Olivia was frequently capable of pulling of Pretty Little Headshots before, so it's not like she wasn't a decent marksman already?

Source: Series / Fringe

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