RESPECTABLE


Meaning of RESPECTABLE in English

1.

Someone or something that is ~ is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.

He came from a perfectly ~ middle-class family...

ADJ

respectably

She’s respectably dressed in jeans and sweatshirt.

ADV

respectability

If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.

N-UNCOUNT

2.

You can say that something is ~ when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.

...investments that offer ~ rates of return...

= decent

ADJ

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