| respectability | (n) honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation, Syn. reputability, Ant. disreputability, unrespectability |
| respectable | (adj) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals, Ant. unrespectable, Example: a respectable woman |
| respectably | (adv) to a tolerably worthy extent, Syn. creditably, Example: he did respectably well for his age |
| respectably | (adv) in a decent and morally reputable manner, Example: the film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married |
| Respectability | n. The state or quality of being respectable; the state or quality which deserves or commands respect. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Respectable | a. [ F. respectable, LL. respectabilis. ] No government, any more than an individual, will long be respected, without being truly respectable. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ] -- |