reverential

[ UK /ɹˌɛvəɹˈɛnʃə‍l/ ]
[ US /ˌɹɛvɝˈɛnʃəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. feeling or manifesting veneration
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How To Use reverential In A Sentence

  • It's indubitably much better than I remembered it, and I remembered it fondly; reverentially, even.
  • Composers approached him with reverential caution, rarely plundering the text direct.
  • The slaves collapsed into reverential obeisances as the angelic flight passed overhead.
  • We have tried as hard as we can not to deify him, not to be too reverential and not to slip into easy sentiment.
  • Protestantism, the great prerogative of reason, the key-note of conscience, the sole vindex of a man's responsibility: evil and false is the so-called reverential wisdom which lays down in place of the truth that each man's conscience is a law unto himself, the tyranny of other men's authority. The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper
  • Ancient Babylon, with its glistening towers and lavish horticultural cascades, must once have inspired similar reverential whispers.
  • A great deal of the running time is devoted to recalling the life and death of Kolski (his widow, brother, and playwright Israel Horovitz speak about the man in reverential tones), but the true story here is Samuel Yates, who came up with the bizarre notion of mixing paint and human ash. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
  • He learned to eat and dress and generally comport himself after the manner of civilized man; but through it all he remained himself, not unduly reverential nor considerative, and never hesitating to stride rough-shod over any soft-faced convention if it got in his way and the provocation were great enough. Chapter I
  • The ambience is one of total comfort, without the reverential - and off-putting - hush that some ostensibly great restaurants seem to encourage.
  • `Aladdin's Cave," he murmured reverentially, blessing Barney's forethought. STAGE FRIGHT
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