respectably

Adverb

Meaning

to a tolerably worthy extent

in a decent and morally reputable manner

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

creditably well good rather righteously fairly properly purely correctly pretty reasonably moderately appropriately morally adequately
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Antonyms

poorly badly incorrectly wrongly improperly brutally
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Phrases with the word

respectably behaved

Examples

To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably. Harriet Beecher Stowe

My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably. George Bernard Shaw

Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world. Jane Austen

If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink. Angela Carter

he did respectably well for his age Source: Internet

the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

respectable field respectableness respectablize respectant respected respected man