Decent and Plain

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

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

Nearby Words: decency, decently

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

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Decent and plain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Decent" instead an adjective "Plain".

Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint

By the time the show got to season 2, there was considerably less (though still a decent amount of) comedy, and season 3 was just plain dark.

Source: Cerebus Syndrome / Western Animation
Kavorka Man: Oliver Inoue is a subversion: he's quite plain, but aside of the Love Triangle with Marbet and Junko, he's a pretty decent dude.

Source: Anime / Mobile Suit Victory Gundam
Then there is Keichi/Oishi which becomes plain weird when one remembers that Oishi, while a decent person, in his good 50s.

Source: Crack Pairing / Anime and Manga

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