different between respectable vs gradely

English

Etymology

respect +? -able

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): [?i.?sp?k.t?.bl?]

Adjective

respectable (comparative more respectable, superlative most respectable)

1. Deserving respect.

   • In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass. In this way all respectable burgesses, down to fifty years ago, spent their evenings.

2. Decent; satisfactory.

3. Moderately well-to-do.

Synonyms

• honorable

Antonyms

• contemptible
• despicable
• disrespectable

Related terms

• respectability
• respectabilize
• respectably

Translations

See also

• respectful
• respective

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /r?s.p?k?ta.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /res.pek?ta.ble/

Adjective

respectable (masculine and feminine plural respectables)

1. respectable

Derived terms

• respectabilitat

Related terms

• respectar

Further reading

• “respectable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “respectable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “respectable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “respectable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

respect +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s.p?k.tabl/
• Homophone: respectables
• Hyphenation: res?pec?table

Adjective

respectable (plural respectables)

1. respectable

Derived terms

• respectablement

Further reading

• “respectable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Alternative forms

• respectábel

Adjective

respectable m or f (plural respectables)

1. respectable

Derived terms

• respectabilidade

Related terms

• respectar

Further reading

• “respectable” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

English

Etymology

From Middle English greiþli, from Old Norse greiðliga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???e?dl?/

Adjective

gradely (comparative gradelier, superlative gradeliest)

1. (Northern England) of a person; decent, well-meaning, respectable
   • 1956, Gracie Fields, Lancashire Life

     My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk.

2. excellent
3. handsome, fair
   • 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, page 13:

     This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?

4. real, proper

Adverb

gradely (comparative more gradely, superlative most gradely)

1. properly, really

References