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Definitions: Respectably |
RespectablyAdverb1. To a tolerably worthy extent; "he did respectably well for his age". 2. In a decent and morally reputable manner; "the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "respectably" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1790. (references) |
Synonym: RespectablySynonym: creditably (adv). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Mediocrity | Verb: jog on; go fairly, go quietly, go peaceably, go tolerably, go respectably, get on fairly, get on quietly, get on peaceably, get on tolerably, get on respectably. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Respectably |
| English words defined with "respectably": creditably. (references) |
| "Respectably" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Respectably" is used about 34 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 34 | 59,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "respectably": get on respectably ♦ go respectably. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "respectably": respectably-dressed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "respectably"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 可敬地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | ehrbare, ansehnlich (considerable, eminent, handsome, impressive, personable, respectable, sightly, sizable, sizeable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθώσ πρέπει (decent, proper, seemly), σεβαστώσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | perbene (proper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Korean | 존경 만하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espectablyray în mod onorabil. (various references) respetablemente, pasablemente, importantemente (consequentially, considerable, deferently, essentially, great, seriously, significant, valuable, weighty), decentemente. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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"Respectably" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: respectabilize. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "respectably" (pronounced rēspe"ktublē) |
| 6 | -k t u b l ē | predictably, unpredictably. |
| 5 | -t u b l ē | charitably, comfortably, creditably, equitably, imperceptibly, indisputably, inevitably, irresistibly, notably, profitably, regrettably, suitably, unacceptably, unaccountably, uncomfortably. |
| 4 | -u b l ē | admirably, amiably, amicably, appreciably, arguably, audibly, comparably, conceivably, considerably, credibly, demonstrably, fashionably, favorably, feasibly, flexibly, forcibly, formidably, honorably, horribly, impeccably, implausibly, impossibly, improbably, incomparably, incredibly, indelibly, inexorably, inexplicably, inextricably, inseparably, interchangeably, interminably, intolerably, invariably, irreparably, irresponsibly, irretrievably, irreversibly, irrevocably, justifiably, knowledgeably, measurably, memorably, miserably, noticeably, ostensibly, palpably, passably, peaceably, plausibly, possibly, preferably, presumably, probably, reasonably, recognizably, reliably, remarkably, responsibly, sensibly, terribly, unalterably, unavoidably, unbearably, unbelievably, uncontrollably, undeniably, understandably, unequivocably, unfavorably, unjustifiably, unmistakably, unquestionably, unreasonably, unseasonably, visibly. |
| 3 | -b l ē | ably, assembly, bubbly, doubly, feebly, glibly, humbly, immeasurably, nimbly, nobly, reassembly, subassembly, superbly, trembly. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-p-r-s-t-y" | |
-2 letters: becarpets, bracelets, calypters, praelects. | |
-3 letters: acerbest, arbelest, becarpet, bleaters, bracelet, calypter, capelets, clearest, clypeate, cypselae, easterly, percales, petrales, peytrals, peytrels, plastery, pleaters, praelect, prelates, prelects, psaltery, pterylae, replaces, replates, retables, sceptral, secretly, spectral, treacles, typeable, typebars, typecase. | |
-4 letters: acetyls, barleys, barytes, beastly, beaters, beclasp, beleaps, beleapt, belters, berates, betrays, blaster, bleater, cablets, capelet. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-c-e-e-l-p-r-s-t-y" | |
+3 letters: respectability. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 73 70 65 63 74 61 62 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ... .--. . -.-. - .- -... .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01110011 01110000 01100101 01100011 01110100 01100001 01100010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e s p e c t a b l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0073 0070 0065 0063 0074 0061 0062 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271858271698667687891 |
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