Reverently

adv

adv ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a reverent manner.

    "One of a small community of superannuated pensioners upon the bounty of their former owners, Daddy was easily first citizen of Evergreen annex on Crepe Myrtle plantation, which is to say he was therein a personage of place and of privilege, coming and going at will, doing as he pleased, and as, with uplifted eye, he reverently boasted, 'sponsible to nobody but Almighty Gord for manners and behavior.""

Adverb
  1. 1
    with reverence; in a reverent manner wordnet

Synonyms

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dutifullydutifullyreverentiallyreverentially

Example

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"And Jacob put his rough hand reverently upon the open Bible that lay on Mary's knees."

Etymology

From Middle English reverently, equivalent to reverent + -ly.

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