Respectfully

Examples

• How the deuce, my dear, would you have me behave respectfully to such a fool as your brother? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• It was spoken very respectfully, but very firmly at the same time--and it had its effect on my mistress as well as on me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I wish to inquire of his lordship respectfully, if he has objections to tell me whether or not he has ever threatened to put me under arrest? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Said Fledgeby, looking back at the door and respectfully kissing his hand, 'You may depend upon it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• You've had a loverly afternoon for your drive, dear, said her mother, as respectfully as if the whole twelve had come. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I do not believe it, Passini said still respectfully. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He was on foot, and after looking very respectfully at her, looked with most unfeigned satisfaction at her companion. Jane Austen. Emma.
• I listened respectfully, but did not suggest that the same streams would protect Lee's flanks while he was shutting us up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Before he could say more, his coat-tail was respectfully pulled by his attendant sprite with the gooseberry eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Don't like him, he puts on airs, snubs his sisters, worries his father, and doesn't speak respectfully of his mother. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Amy looked so earnest and sincere about it that her mother stopped laughing, and listened respectfully to the little plan. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I hope you will excuse my saying, sir, returned Richard in a fiery way, but yet respectfully, that I think I am the best judge about myself. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I should respectfully suggest a recumbent posture, then put yourself in also and call it 'Dolce far niente'. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• I am very respectfully, Your obt. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• When I give a vote I must know what I am doing; I must look to what will be the effects on my till and ledger, speaking respectfully. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I'm better, now, said the girl, with the sweetest smile possible, taking good-natured Mrs. Sedley's extended hand and kissing it respectfully. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The fashionable world--tremendous orb, nearly five miles round--is in full swing, and the solar system works respectfully at its appointed distances. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The old gentleman bowed respectfully; and advancing to the magistrate's desk, said, suiting the action to the word, 'That is my name and address, sir. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Jingle bowed respectfully, trembled very much as he took Mr. Pickwick's proffered hand, and withdrew. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• He never left her house without carrying respectfully away with him piles of her quack theology and medicine. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• The latest Paris fashions have arrived, and orders are respectfully solicited. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• In this, I respectfully contend, I have in no respect exceeded the fair license due to the author of a fictitious composition. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• Colonel Quintin has no objection, answered Worcester, and the sergeant respectfully begged leave to return his lordship ten thousand thanks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• He spoke respectfully as we met. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The different conduct of these two people is pointed out respectfully to the attention of persons commencing the world. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mr. Bucket coughs and glances at Volumnia, rouged and necklaced, as though he would respectfully observe, I do assure you, you're a pretty creetur. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• It could not be worse, Passini said respectfully. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Whenever he looks my way, he remembers that I have not read ROBINSON CRUSOE since I was a child, and he respectfully pities me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I mean no harm; and I drink most respectfully (having just done dinner) to your health and prosperity, in a tankard of her ladyship's ale. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.

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