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Meanings of thoroughly respectable in English

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Usage of thoroughly respectable in English
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It was a plain three-story-and-basement house of brick and looked thoroughly respectable.
Andy Grant's Pluck
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Only when authorship becomes a source of profit is it thoroughly respectable.
Escape, and Other Essays
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Squire Davenport was a thoroughly respectable man in the estimation of the community.
The Store Boy
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Performance is thoroughly respectable and the smooth delivery is a plus.
News.com.au
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They were small, thoroughly respectable and upright shopkeepers, and this made them cruel.
The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2
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Many old women, thoroughly respectable old women, have the same quality.
The Secret Places of the Heart
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The shop may be, and ought to be, thoroughly respectable.
A Day of Fate
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He is thoroughly respectable, I should think, my urban Colin.
Penelope's English Experiences / Being Extracts from the Commonp...
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James Loraine had been everything that a thoroughly respectable English husband ought to be.
His Hour
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Almost without exception it is thoroughly respectable and well-conducted.
Town Life in Australia
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He is, indeed, a worthy and thoroughly respectable man.
The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Volume 01
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One can fancy some well-to-do and thoroughly respectable and clean-living native of Capernaum saying, 'What!
Expositions of Holy Scripture : St. Matthew Chaps. IX to XXVIII
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He considered her thoroughly respectable, a gentle and honest young woman, as his father had said.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
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Hitler in 1936 was seen as a thoroughly respectable and legitimate politician, Kasparov said in an interview.
The Guardian
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In an outrageous plot twist, Doolittle has inherited millions and he is now obliged to appear thoroughly respectable.
The Guardian
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He is a thoroughly respectable man.
Mary Gray
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