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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"
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respectfully [rɪsˈpɛktfulɪ] adv → respetuosamente;
Yours respectfully → Le saluda atentamente
respectfully [rɪsˈpɛktfəlɪ] respect adv (behave) → respektvoll


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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.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
I remain, "Yours respectfully, Anne Shirley.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
This faithful but unpretending record of a remarkable adventure is hereby respectfully dedicated by the narrator,
King Solomon's Mines by Haggard, Rider H. View in context
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