Associations to the word «Respectably»

Wiktionary

RESPECTABLY, adverb. In a respectable manner.

Dictionary definition

RESPECTABLY, adverb. To a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well for his age".
RESPECTABLY, adverb. In a decent and morally reputable manner; "the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.