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How to use respectably in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word respectably? Here are some examples.

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They were behaving more properly, more respectably, than middle-class people at a funeral.
The Hall was respectably attended, and the performance gave every satisfaction.
It won't win them any new fans, but it should tide them along respectably enough for the time being.
She was respectably dressed, wearing what may have been a wedding ring, and had possibly had a child.
Always commanding light remunerative employment from the manufacturing establishments in town, she maintained herself respectably.
He had blonde unkempt hair but respectably short sideburns, and he wore blue jeans and one of those awful V-neck golfing sweaters.
This is bumptiously funky, respectably organic and engaging music that truly aspires to get young children excited about jazz.
A petition was immediately signed, most respectably and numerously, for her respite and pardon.
You need to be decently and respectably dressed when you present yourself for interview.
Instead, she sports a classy new hairdo, complemented by a respectably long skirt and the self-assuredness one would expect of any sassy Manhattanite.
Series has been designed to be fully and promptly localised respectably to the requirements of local education system.
Here respectably there live the large retired officials, known lawyers and doctors.
We remained steadfast, defied the odds, and in the intermedia comparison ended the year quite respectably, particularly in Switzerland.
If, during the course of the night, you happen to meet two philosophical ladies of your acquaintance, it is important that you conduct yourself respectably.
A respectably dressed man in front of me was arguing about the age of his daughter, saying she was eligible for a child's ticket, but the attendant was not having it.
These funds have performed more than respectably and now boast attractive rankings in their universe.
Growth in 2003 is expected to be a little above trend as United Kingdom export markets grow respectably.
In recent years, Credit Suisse has grown to become a respectably sized employer in India.
On that view, they should envisage their careers in the long term and be paid a salary that enables them to live respectably.
Overall, Law and Justice did respectably, especially in rural areas.
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Examples from Classical Literature
She would dance you a rigadoon or cut a pigeon's wing for you very respectably.
I've two sisters, respectably married and living in another part of the state.
But what had maintained me respectably was now found inadequate to the support of us both.
I was dressed and lived as a gentleman, or rather I should say respectably.
The bagne at Toulon, the destination of the members of the chaine, was respectably peopled when I visited it some years ago.
I had money enough with me to live on respectably for many months together.
Sara Ray also managed to get through respectably, although she was pitiably nervous.
Sam Ogilvy was there, he'd be classed as respectably conservative.
It was well paved, and its houses were respectably inhabited.
The house is respectably, though not very elegantly, furnished.
It was respectably attended in point of character as well as of numbers.
I think two hundred pounds, sir, would do it easily and respectably.
Your duty now is to finish your collegiate course respectably.
She was dressed quite respectably, and a colored man followed her, bringing along a small trunk.
She ought to have said, 'No, I shall be married respectably from home, and have a wedding and a silk dress and bridesmaids and lots of presents.
She had only two daughters, both of whom she had lived to see respectably married, and she had now therefore nothing to do but to marry all the rest of the world.
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