Meanings
comparative more semi-decent · superlative most semi-decent
- alternativeAlternative form of semidecent.
He did a semi-decent job of concealing his disappointment.
2016, Lauren Oliver, Replica, →ISBN4 more examples
Now is it right to thrust even a semi-decent man in the same cell with a low drunken thief?
1996, R. Swinburne Clymer, The Rose Cross Order: History Repeats Itself, →ISBN, page 130She wondered why she was having a semi-decent conversation with the woman who had spent several years plotting her death.
2007, Yew Baneberry, Bittersweet Nightshade, →ISBN, page 163I'm pretty sure teal was created for you. Only blondies with green eyes can look semi-decent in teal.
2011, Elena Aitken, Nothing Stays In Vegas, →ISBNTheir money comes from a modest business that involves collecting, refilling and reselling inkjet cartridges and it's successful enough to afford a semi-decent four-bed in a semi-decent LA suburb.
2013, Sam Christer, The Camelot Code, →ISBN
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