Meanings
comparative more reverently · superlative most reverently
- In a reverent manner.
To right and left, embedded in their stalls, the other canons sit reverently engrossed, birettas hung on the walls behind; […]
1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN2 more examples
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."
1916, Ruth McEnery Stuart, Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom JinglesAll officers in command of Her Majesty’s ships shall cause public worship of Almighty God to be solemnly, orderly and reverently performed in their respective ships, and shall take care that prayers and preaching, by the chaplains of those ships, be performed diligently and that the Lord’s Day be observed.
1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Part I, section 1”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 1
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle Englishreverently
- Englishreverently
From Middle English reverently, equivalent to reverent + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian почтително
- почтително (počtitelno)in a reverent manner
Esperanto respektege
- respektegein a reverent manner
Latin reverenter
- reverenterin a reverent manner
Russian почтительно
- почтительно (počtitelʹno)in a reverent manner
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reverently. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverently
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