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reverentially

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rev·er·en·tial  (rv-rnshl)
adj.
1. Expressing reverence; reverent.
2. Inspiring reverence.

rever·ential·ly adv.
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Adv.1.reverentially - with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork"
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reverentially [ˌrɛvəˈrɛnʃəli] advrévérencieusement


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After this greeting his guests bowed once more and were reverentially silent; the king on the right, however, answered him in their name.
He bore a salver in his hand, on which was a chased silver goblet, filled to the brim with wine, which he offered as reverentially as to a crowned queen, or rather with the awful devotion of a priest doing sacrifice to his idol.
And as for going as cook, -- though I confess there is considerable glory in that, a cook being a sort of officer on ship-board --yet, somehow, I never fancied broiling fowls; --though once broiled, judiciously buttered, and judgmatically salted and peppered, there is no one who will speak more respectfully, not to say reverentially, of a broiled fowl than I will.
 
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