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respectfully

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re·spect·ful  (r-spktfl)
adj.
Showing or marked by proper respect.

re·spectful·ly adv.
re·spectful·ness n.
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Adv.1.respectfully - in a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?"
disrespectfully - in a disrespectful manner; "he treats his parents rather disrespectfully"
Translations
respectfully [rɪsˈpektfəlɪ] ADVrespetuosamente
respectfully [rɪˈspɛktfʊli] advrespectueusement
respectfully
adv
(in letters) I remain respectfully yours or yours respectfullyich verbleibe mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung Ihr … (form)
respectfully [rɪsˈpɛktfəlɪ] advrispettosamente
respectfully yours (in letter) → con rispetto


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Latin from the books of the Laws of England, which taken along with the context, means, that of all whales captured by anybody on the coast of that land, the King, as Honorary Grand Harpooneer, must have the head, and the Queen be respectfully presented with the tail.
I remain, "Yours respectfully, Anne Shirley.
This faithful but unpretending record of a remarkable adventure is hereby respectfully dedicated by the narrator,
 
 
 
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