Decent and Gentle

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Decent

Decent adjective - Conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue.
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Gentle and decent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Gentle" instead an adjective "Decent".
Nearby Words: decency, decently

Gentle

Gentle adjective - Not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect.
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Decent and gentle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decent" instead an adjective "Gentle".
Nearby Words: gentling, gently, gentility, gentleness, gentled

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  • Literature / The Brothers Karamazov It's partly subverted, though, as she is more decent than she seems at first, but, even after she falls in love with Dmitri, she does not exactly become a sweet, gentle wallflower either.
    Source: Literature / The Brothers Karamazov
  • Beast and Beauty You came for me because what you are is a good, caring, decent, gentle man.
    Source: Beast and Beauty
  • The Brute So there he is rather a Gentle Giant, basically the only decent humang being of his family bar Garma, a loving husband and a Doting Parent, who's just been born with the Face of a Thug.
    Source: The Brute
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