décemment

decently

adverb day-sah-MAHN Rare

Also means

adequately

Usage Note

Décemment means in a decent, proper, or respectable manner. It can also express 'reasonably' or 'adequately', as in on ne peut pas décemment refuser (one cannot decently refuse). The adjective décent and noun décence share the same root from Latin decens, fitting or proper.

Examples

"Il faut se comporter décemment en public."

Natural Translation

One must behave decently in public.

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