respectably
advEtymology From respectable + -ly.
1
In a respectable manner; so as to gain respect.
- A respectably attired solicitor came to read the will.
- 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:
2
Moderately; pretty well.
- Related terms
- respectively, respectfully