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Definition of Respectably
1. Adverb. To a tolerably worthy extent. "He did respectably well for his age"
2. Adverb. In a decent and morally reputable manner. "The film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married"
Definition of Respectably
1. Adverb. In a respectable manner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Respectably
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respectably
Literary usage of Respectably
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... where the occupants of the pit ought to be seated in the boxes, and those of
the boxes in the pit; for the pit is in general most respectably filled, ..."
2. The Library Companion, Or, The Young Man's Guide, and the Old Man's Comfort by Thomas Frognall Dibdin (1825)
"OTWAY has been recently and respectably edited in two octavo volumes; and as he
is a legitimate Eng- lish classic, and as his Venice Preserved is yet among ..."
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