honorableness, honourableness ( h silent)

[Eng. honorable; -ne .] The quality or state of being honorable; honorable nature; probity; uprightne ; honor; eminence; fairne ; respect ability; reputable ne . "The honorablene or dishonorablene of the employment."-Smith: Wealth of sations, bk. i., ch. x. [Eng. honorab ( le ); -ly .] hon-or-a-blỹ, hòn-our-a-blỹ ( h silent), adv. 1. In an honorable manner; in a manner becoming a man of honor. "The noble lord most honorably did uphold his word." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, v. 2. 2. With marks or signs of honor; with tokens of respect. "The reverend abbot, With all his convent, honorably received him." Shakesp.: Henry VIII ., iv. 2. 3. Fairly, equitably, justly. *4. Decently, becomingly. "Do this me age honorably." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus, iv. 4. *hon-or-ançe ( h silent), s. [Eng.honor; -ance .] The act of paying honor or respect to. "As honor is in honor ance , in him that honors rather than him that is honored."-South: Sermons, vol. viii., ser. 9.