Usually means: In a manner deserving approval.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word respectably:

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  1. respectably: Merriam-Webster
  2. respectably: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. respectably: Collins English Dictionary
  4. respectably: Vocabulary.com
  5. respectably: Wordnik
  6. respectably: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. respectably: Wiktionary
  8. respectably: Dictionary.com
  9. respectably: Rhymezone
  10. respectably: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  11. respectably: FreeDictionary.org
  12. respectably: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. respectably: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. respectably: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (respectably)

▸ adverb:  In a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
▸ adverb:  Moderately; pretty well.

Similar:
creditably, dignifiedly, decently, respectfully, reputably, worthily, honourably, decorously, nobly, regardfully, more...

Opposite:
disreputably, unrespectably, shamefully, dishonorably



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Similar:
creditably, dignifiedly, decently, respectfully, reputably, worthily, honourably, decorously, nobly, regardfully, more...

Opposite:
disreputably, unrespectably, shamefully, dishonorably



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