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respectable

respectable: listen to British English pronunciationrespectable: listen to American pronunciation /rɪˈspektəbl/ adjective

Translation

SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE
behaving in a socially acceptable way or looking socially acceptable
saygın, saygı değer, muhterem, hürmete lâyık
a respectable family
a respectable hotel
665
ENOUGH
large enough or good enough
bir hayli, hatırı sayılır, oldukça, tatminkâr
a respectable income
1819
respectably adverb
saygılı bir şekilde
respectability respectability: listen to British English pronunciation /rɪˌspektəˈbɪləti/ noun [U]
saygınlık
(Definition of respectable adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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