reputably

Example Sentences

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The lawyers representing Twitter’s outgoing board of directors were better than Musk’s—or, maybe more accurately, had a close-to-ironclad case against a reputably brilliant billionaire who tried to call “backsies!” on a contract he’d inked.

From Slate • Oct. 27, 2023

Little Venice is a name reputably coined by Lord Byron, who once lived in the area.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2015

Minh's real strength is that he is a southerner, a nationalist, a reputably good soldier and a sympathetic personality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gentle blood may be transmitted without goods enough to afford a reputably free consumption at one's ease.

From Theory of the Leisure Class by Veblen, Thorstein

It has been, I may say to you, my life-long ambition; but I have always coupled the possession of the position with the power of sustaining it reputably.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry