He behaves respectfully toward his superiors.
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Respectfully
//ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl.i//
Synonyms for "respectfully" (6 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Adverb(1 words)
Related words (3)
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2 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- почтително adv (in a respectful manner)
Catalan
1 entries- respectuosament adv (in a respectful manner)
Esperanto
3 entries- altestime adv (in a respectful manner)
- respekte adv (in a respectful manner)
- respekteme adv (in a respectful manner)
French
1 entries- respectueusement adv (in a respectful manner)
Galician
1 entries- respectuosamente adv (in a respectful manner)
German
1 entries- respektvoll adv (in a respectful manner)
Hindi
2 entries- सम्मानपूर्वक adv (in a respectful manner)
- सविनय adv (in a respectful manner)
Hungarian
2 entries- tisztelettel adv (in a respectful manner)
- tiszteletteljesen adv (in a respectful manner)
Italian
1 entries- rispettosamente adv (in a respectful manner)
Latin
1 entries- reverenter adv (in a respectful manner)
Malayalam
2 entries- ആദരവോടെ adv (in a respectful manner)
- സാദരം adv (in a respectful manner)
Norman
1 entries- respectueusement adv (in a respectful manner)
Polish
1 entries- z całym szacunkiem adv (in a respectful manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- respeitosamente adv (in a respectful manner)
Russian
2 entries- почти́тельно adv (in a respectful manner)
- уважи́тельно adv (in a respectful manner)
Spanish
1 entries- respetuosamente adv (in a respectful manner)
Ukrainian
1 entries- шанобли́во adv (in a respectful manner)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
With heads respectfully bowed, they carried the coffin up the steps and into the small chapel.
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Tom respectfully removed his hat.
Source: tatoeba (2957949)
Tom bowed respectfully to the old lady.
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