Respectably
[ri'spektəbli]
Definition
(adv.) in a decent and morally reputable manner; 'the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married'.
(adv.) to a tolerably worthy extent; 'he did respectably well for his age'.
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Examples
- Seeing a respectably-dressed person, a lady as she supposed, she came forward with civility. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She was dressed quite respectably, and a colored man followed her, bringing along a small trunk. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- One of these is a respectably-dressed mulatto woman between forty and fifty, with soft eyes and a gentle and pleasing physiognomy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Ve-ry respectably, my dear! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I distinctly saw his hand move, as he passed a short, stout man, respectably dressed in a suit of sober grey. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Never was any funeral so numerously and so respectably attended in any part of the States of America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Miss Smith is a very good sort of girl; and I should be happy to see her respectably settled. Jane Austen. Emma.
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