respectably adverb

/rɪˈspek.tə.bli/ adv

Definition

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in a respectable way

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in a way which achieves a reasonable result

The car performs respectably on the motorway, although it is slightly noisy.

It is a small-budget film, but it has done respectably at the box office.

(Definition of respectably adverb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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