Mrs. Jennings was a widow, with an ample jointure. 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.
Quotes about respectably (8 Quotes)
Right now, we're two and two against Rose in the four games we played. There is no pressure on us. They are having the perfect season and the pressure to keep on going. We want to play hard and respectably and use this as a springboard for the rest of our 3-A season.
My main reason for adopting literature as a profession was that, as the author is never seen by his clients, he need not dress respectably.
It was a good learning experience since we have several players who have never played before. They have had two matches and 10 on-court practices and this was our first match of the season. And we have had five on-court practices, so we did respectably. I think we can take at least a few matches off them next time.
To do common things perfectly is far better worth our endeavor than to do uncommon things respectably.
Running for attorney general, she loses more respectably, but she still loses. This is not great news for Pirro, but she still runs better in a race she insists she is not running.
I think everybody played well. We had a couple of moments when we made mistakes we wouldn't have liked to have made. But we distributed the ball well, the outside hitters hit respectably, we blocked some balls and played some good team defense. We stayed pretty focused, I thought.
If Miss means respectably unmarried, and Mrs. respectably married, then Ms. means nudge, nudge, wink, wink.