respectfully

adv
/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fə.li/

Etymology

From respectful + -ly.

  1. derived from respectus
  2. derived from respect
  3. inherited from respect
  4. suffixed as respectful — “respect + ful
  5. suffixed as respectfully — “respectful + ly

Definitions

  1. In a respectful manner.

    • There is something wonderful and sad about Ohio around Christmastime — maybe the reasons are the licentious, Yukon sleddog cold and the buildings on the main streets of college towns standing respectfully buttressed with graceful wings...
    • There are, here and there, scattered throughout the scherzo, uncouthnesses of harmony and false relationships which hypercritical ferreters-out of blemishes might perhaps carp at but which we pass by respectfully[…]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA