Word Meanings - HONORABLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor. The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak. Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden. 2. Decently; becomingly. "Do this message honorably." Shak. Syn. --
Additional info about word: HONORABLY
1. In an honorable manner; in a manner showing, or consistent with, honor. The reverend abbot . . . honorably received him. Shak. Why did I not more honorably starve Dryden. 2. Decently; becomingly. "Do this message honorably." Shak. Syn. -- Magnanimously; generously; nobly; worthily; justly; equitably; fairly; reputably.
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- RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - RECEIVE
To bat back when served. Receiving ship, one on board of which newly recruited sailors are received, and kept till drafted for service. Syn. -- To accept; take; allow; hold; retain; admit. -- Receive, Accept. To receive describes simply the act - CONSISTENTLY
In a consistent manner. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - MESSAGE STICK
A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information. - SHOWROOM
A room or apartment where a show is exhibited. 2. A room where merchandise is exposed for sale, or where samples are displayed. - SHOWILY
In a showy manner; pompously; with parade. - REVERENDLY
Reverently. Foxe. - STARVELING
One who, or that which, pines from lack or food, or nutriment. Old Sir John hangs with me, and thou knowest he is no starveling. Shak. - SHOWING
1. Appearance; display; exhibition. 2. Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill. - SHOWER
1. One who shows or exhibits. 2. That which shows; a mirror. Wyclif. - STARVEDLY
In the condition of one starved or starving; parsimoniously. Some boasting housekeeper which keepth open doors for one day, . . . and lives starvedly all the year after. Bp. Hall. - HONOR
1. Esteem due or paid to worth; high estimation; respect; consideration; reverence; veneration; manifestation of respect or reverence. A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country. Matt. xiii. - SHOWMAN
One who exhibits a show; a proprietor of a show. - HONORARY
1. Done as a sign or evidence of honor; as, honorary services. Macaulay. 2. Conferring honor, or intended merely to confer honor without emolument; as, an honorary degree. "Honorary arches." Addison. 3. Holding a title or place without rendering - MANNERIST
One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism. - SHOWERY
1. Raining in showers; abounding with frequent showers of rain. 2. Of or pertaining to a shower or showers. "Colors of the showery arch." Milton. - MESSAGER
A messenger. - MANNERISM
Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural - UNMANNERLY
Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv. - MISRECEIVE
To receive wrongly. - VARIETY SHOW
A stage entertainment of successive separate performances, usually songs, dances, acrobatic feats, dramatic sketches, exhibitions of trained animals, or any specialties. Often loosely called vaudeville show. - RAREE-SHOW
A show carried about in a box; a peep show. Pope. - INCONSISTENTLY
In an inconsistent manner. - DISHONOR
The nonpayment or nonacceptance of commercial paper by the party on whom it is drawn. Syn. -- Disgrace; ignominy; shame; censure; reproach; opprobrium. (more info) deshonur, F. déshonneur; pref. des- + honor, honur, F. 1. Lack of honor;