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English
Etymology
From respectable + -ly.
Adverb
respectably (comparative more respectably, superlative most respectably)
- In a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.
1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: , volume I, London: for T Egerton, , →OCLC, page 115:The house was built in Elizabeth’s time, and is a large, regular brick building—heavy, but respectably looking, and has many good rooms.
- Moderately; pretty well.
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