respectfully
/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fə.li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a respectful manner.
Example Sentences
- "York got down and said very respectfully, "I beg your pardon, my lady, but these horses have not been reined up for three years, and my lord said it would be safer to bring them to it by degrees; but if your ladyship pleases, I can take them up a little more.""
- "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[…]"
- "Fr. Greeley's specialty is robust, respectfully kinkless sex bathed in a rosy glow of soon-to-be-blessed romantic love."
- "“Even though I am extremely flattered and grateful to be nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, I don’t feel that I have earned that right,” Parton, 76, wrote in a statement posted to social media. “I really do not want votes to be split because of me, so I must respectfully bow out.”"
Etymology
Etymology tree English respectful Middle English -ly English -ly English respectfully From respectful + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more respectfully (comparative)
most respectfully (superlative)