Decently

Examples

• It is a mere toss up whether I shall ever do more than keep myself decently, unless I choose to sell myself as a mere pen and a mouthpiece. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• However that poor little creature is so afraid of his wife, that, if he will only behave decently, I do not mean to publish him. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I was glad to give her a sufficient sum to set her up in a good line of business, and so get decently rid of her. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• He was more decently born and brought up than the cattledrovers who passed and repassed him in his wanderings; but they merely nodded to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• But they were very decently kept. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I wish, Cassy, said Legree, you'd behave yourself decently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• There is some justice in that, and I can't decently say No. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• His days were full, and they were filled decently. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• I will take it away, and bury it decently. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• All being thus done decently and in order, my property was returned to its place, my clothes were carefully refolded. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• And I believe my brother was speaking on the subject when we--not very decently--interrupted him. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• But at all events, this couple were very decently contented, and enjoyed as pleasant a summer tour as any pair that left England that year. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was decently and cleanly dressed, and so was Job, who stood bolt upright behind him, staring at Mr. Pickwick with a visage of iron. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He had only been waiting till the aforesaid blighted affections were decently interred. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• However, there he was; and as he couldn't be decently turned out, they all three sat down to tea. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Then the other said, 'If it is necessary to kill them all, and I am not convinced of that necessity, let them be killed decently and without mockery. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• All I say to _you_, Miss Lucy Snowe, is--that you ought to treat Professor Paul Emanuel decently. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Is it not very decently covered by this smart, coloured handkerchief? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.

Typist: Miguel