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Definition of Respectful
1. Adjective. Full of or exhibiting respect. "A respectful glance"
Similar to: Deferent, Deferential, Regardful, Honorific
Antonyms: Disrespectful
Derivative terms: Respectfulness
2. Adjective. Feeling or manifesting veneration.
Similar to: Reverent
Derivative terms: Respectfulness, Reverence, Reverence
Definition of Respectful
1. a. Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.
Definition of Respectful
1. Adjective. Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Respectful
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Respectful
Literary usage of Respectful
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire by Edward Gibbon (1862)
"26 When AD 2»6 fais respectful epistle was read by the consul, the senators August
s. .were unable to disguise their satisfaction that Probus should ..."
2. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1851)
"With the most respectful and affectionate attachment, I have the honor to remain,
Sir, &c. WASHINGTON TO HAMILTON. (PRIVATE.) MY DEAR SIR: PHILADELPHIA, ..."
3. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1812)
"A respectful Examination of the Judgment, #c. in a Letter to Sir John Nicholl.
By the Rev. Charles Daubeney, LL. B. Archdeacon of Sarum. ..."
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