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respectably en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English respectable Middle English -ly English -ly English respectably From respectable + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
    • The house was built in Elizabeth’s time, and is a large, regular brick building—heavy, but respectably looking, and has many good rooms. 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 115:
    • A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.
  2. Moderately; pretty well.

Forms

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more respectably Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most respectably Degree=Sup lexicographic

Relateds

respectively · respectfully

Translations (9)

enm honestly (in a respectable manner) · io respektinde (in a respectable manner) · es dignamente (in a respectable manner) · es respetablemente (in a respectable manner) · el αξιοσέβαστα (in a respectable manner) · fr respectablement (in a respectable manner) · enm dignely (in a respectable manner) · fi kunnioitettavasti (in a respectable manner) · pl szacownie (in a respectable manner)