1.
[syn: respectably, creditably]
2. in a decent and morally reputable manner;
- Example: "the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Respectable \Re*spect"a*ble\ (-?-b'l), a. [F. respectable, LL.
respectabilis.]
1. Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving
regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable
citizen. "The respectable quarter of Sicca." --J. H.
Newman.
[1913 Webster]
No government, any more than an individual, will
long be respected, without being truly respectable.
--Madison.
[1913 Webster]
2. Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a
respectable performance; a respectable audience.
[1913 Webster] --Re*spect"a*ble*ness,n. --
Re*spect"a*bly, adv.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
respectably
adv 1: to a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well
for his age" [syn: respectably, creditably]
2: in a decent and morally reputable manner; "the film ends with
the middle-aged romancers respectably married"