Quite and Respectably

Quite

Quite adverb - To a full extent or degree.

Respectably and quite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectably" instead an adverb "Quite".

Respectably

Respectably adverb - In a satisfactory way.

Quite and respectably are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Quite" instead an adverb "Respectably".

Both words in one sentence

  • Rugby Union In Sevens Team GB did quite respectably for itself, coming in second at the inaugural Olympic men's tournament behind dominant Fiji.
    Source: Rugby Union
  • He was quite respectably awesome in the X-Wing Series, but at the end of it, in Starfighters of Adumar, he made a pivotal decision that doing the right thing was more important than duty, and from that point on, any time that Aaron Allston wrote him Wedge was unbelievably awesome.
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