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Respectful definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RESPECT'FUL, a. Marked or characterized by respect; as respectful deportment.
With humble joy and with respectful fear.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: full of or exhibiting respect; "respectful behavior"; "a respectful glance" [ant: disrespectful]
2: feeling or manifesting veneration [syn: respectful, reverential, venerating]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1687 marked by or showing respect or deference • respectfully adverb • respectfulness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. showing deference (stood at a respectful distance). Derivatives: respectfully adv. respectfulness n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Respectful Re*spect"ful (-f?l), a. Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. With humble joi and with respectful fear. --Prior. -- Re*spect"ful*ly, adv. -- Re*spect"ful*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you are respectful, you show respect for someone. The children in our family are always respectful to their elders... ADJ: oft ADJ of/towards/to n • respectfully 'You are an artist,' she said respectfully. ADV: usu ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Deferential, courteous, dutiful, civil, decorous, polite, complaisant. 2. Ceremonious, formal.

Moby Thesaurus

acclamatory, accommodating, admiring, affable, agreeable, appreciative, approbatory, attentive, cap in hand, ceremonious, civil, commendatory, complaisant, complimentary, conscientious, considerate, cordial, courteous, deferential, duteous, dutiful, encomiastic, ethical, eulogistic, fair, flattering, gentlemanly, graceful, gracious, honorific, ladylike, laudatory, mannerly, moral, obedient, obliging, observant, panegyric, polite, regardful, reverent, reverential, scrupulous, solicitous, tactful, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered