The film ends with the middle-aged romancers respectably married. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He did respectably well for his age. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a respectable citizen. ,a respectable neighborhood. ,respectable clothes; respectable language. ,a respectable performance. ,a respectable turnout. From Dictionary.com.
"Otherwise, I shall keep my word respectably, and I shall marry Claudet.". From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Movies and video play back respectably smoothly and fluid. From Wordnik.com. [Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: iPod Touch] Reference
Your duty now is to finish your collegiate course respectably. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878] Reference
Thus I obtained a respectably accurate knowledge of the Roman. From Wordnik.com. [Confessions of an Etonian] Reference
(Chinese officials insisted Rao was treated "very respectably."). From Wordnik.com. [China Feels the Heat] Reference
J. Tilden, who had served respectably but without distinction in the. From Wordnik.com. [A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3] Reference
Every part was decently sustained, others respectably, two excellently. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810] Reference
It was respectably attended in point of character as well as of numbers. From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908.] Reference
The two had run respectably in the early heats but drew opposite semifinals. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Heavyweight Affair] Reference
He has what was coming to him, he lived respectably, and respectably he died. From Wordnik.com. [The Satyricon — Volume 02: Dinner of Trimalchio] Reference
He is a type of the young well-to-do farmer, respectably dressed and good-looking. From Wordnik.com. [The Drone A Play in Three Acts] Reference
Robert Macaire very respectably and you also know that I am not very slow in Jaques Strop. From Wordnik.com. [My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself.] Reference
But what had maintained me respectably was now found inadequate to the support of us both. From Wordnik.com. [An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith] Reference
His shield, respectably strong before, now had the density and chill feel of spacer-steel armor!. From Wordnik.com. [A Matter of Honor A Terran Empire novel] Reference
Oh, yes -- 'She is respectably bred, very modest, very diligent, very pious, moderately handsome.'. From Wordnik.com. [Little Novels of Italy Madonna Of The Peach-Tree, Ippolita In The Hills, The Duchess Of Nona, Messer Cino And The Live Coal, The Judgment Of Borso] Reference
A respectably large number, according to a just-released survey from the Principal Financial Group. From Wordnik.com. [In case of emergency, many Americans are ready] Reference
And charter-school enrollments, while respectably up, don't amount to more than 3 percent of all kids. From Wordnik.com. [Alan Gottlieb: Hold the Center] Reference
He had been a clerk in a government office, was respectably connected, and a very intelligent young man. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
But is there really such a sharp line between the respectably energizing and the shamefully narcotizing?. From Wordnik.com. [Now, Read it Again] Reference
These latter would smother you, if you would let them, quicker and less respectably than a shroud of snow. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
But he was respectably dressed in black, he wore a beaver hat, and had lost something of his desperate air. From Wordnik.com. [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference
But a workman in Vienna may be respectably lodged, lighted, and washed for at the rate of half-a-crown a week. From Wordnik.com. [A Tramp's Wallet stored by an English goldsmith during his wanderings in Germany and France] Reference
The proper thing is to go to some very quiet hotel and dine respectably -- to lie low till the funeral is over. From Wordnik.com. [The Slave of Silence] Reference
Until "Lonesome Dove" appeared in 1985, McMurtry's books sold respectably and got good reviews and that was that. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Writer At Home On The Range] Reference
Together, Noonan and Ailes helped the president deliver a respectably crafted speech and a respectable performance. From Wordnik.com. [Decoding Bush] Reference
The modernized versions, however, are respectably executed -- Leigh Hunt's admirably; and we hope for another volume. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845] Reference
It was that of a young man, P----, who had been respectably educated, and whose crime was simply the foolish frolic of. From Wordnik.com. [Six Years in the Prisons of England] Reference
Domingo's multi-tasking is impressive; even more so is the fact that he is still singing very respectably at the age of 69. From Wordnik.com. [Domingo: one down, one to go?] Reference
Even now, knowing that I was respectably connected, he even suspected me, and regarded me as an impostor with rich relatives. From Wordnik.com. [A Queen's Error] Reference
If one may respectably write a book about Hitler in Vienna, then one may respectably stage an exhibition on the same subject. From Wordnik.com. [Hitler's Paintings] Reference
As we entered the town, the king was riding out, attended by twenty carabineers or body-guards, well mounted, and respectably armed. From Wordnik.com. [Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791] Reference
To begin with, as I told you the Bedouin encampment is a sort of oasis in a valley at the foot of some quite respectably high rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Afterwards] Reference
Armstrong, it's a selfish accident that turns you Squire of Dames; but you're in the tourney now, and you've got to behave respectably. '. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
But I always lived respectably, except for taking a little too much stimulant now and then; and I never brought any dishonor on his name. From Wordnik.com. [A True Friend A Novel] Reference
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