adverb
decenter
decenter (comparative decentius, superlative decentissimē, adjective decēns)
Classical[dɛˈkɛn.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[deˈt͡ʃɛn.ter]
Meaning
- decently; properly; appropriately
dĕcenter, v. decet,
I. P. a. fin.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
decenter adv. with comp.
decens, becomingly, decently, properly, fitly : Singula quaeque locum teneant sortita decenter, H.: maesta, O.: pulsare decentius, H.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *deḱ-der. Proto-Indo-European *dḱeh₁yéti Proto-Italic *dekējeti Proto-Italic *dekēt Latin decet Latin decēns Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin decenter From decēns + -ter.