Respectable
Respectable adjective - Having a good reputation especially in a field of knowledge.
Smart and respectable are semantically related. in decent topic. In some cases you can use "Smart" instead an adjective "Respectable".
Smart
Smart adjective - Being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance.
Respectable and smart are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Respectable" instead an adjective "Smart".
Both words in one sentence
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He becomes world champion by default (having driven all challengers mad) before he's lynched by a gang of respectable chess masters who've decided that what they really can't stand is a smart-ass.
Source: Zeroes and Ones - They forgot that as well as being misguided, that Quinn was also logical, smart, had a secret kind streak and for the most part respectable.
Source: Flanderization / Live-Action TV
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