Reverentially
[,revə'renʃəlɪ]
Definition
(adv.) with reverence; in a reverent manner; 'he gazed reverently at the handiwork'.
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) In a reverential manner.
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Examples
- Remarkable assemblies those, Miss Summerson, said Mr. Badger reverentially. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Our goblin now perceived us; he approached, and, as we drew reverentially back, made a low bow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Theer's been kiender a blessing fell upon us,' said Mr. Peggotty, reverentially inclining his head, 'and we've done nowt but prosper. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- To have approached Laure with any suit that was not reverentially tender would have been simply a contradiction of his whole feeling towards her. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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