RESPECTFULLY in a Sentence

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303 example sentences for RESPECTFULLY, such as:

1. Perhaps we owe these people more respect.
2. My parents brought me up to respect others.
3. We must respect each other's territorial integrity.
4. Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
5. Mutual respect is necessary for any partnership to work.

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 Meanings and Examples of RESPECTFULLY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
respectfully
 ad.  with deference and respect
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Portfolio in hand, this official stood waiting respectfully.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
2  Bazarov and Arkady soon guessed that they paid no attention to her though they treated her respectfully.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  A steward tucked him in respectfully, but he could have killed him with pleasure, or have burst into tears.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  have it until you come respectfully with bowed head to beg my pardon.
Notes from the Underground By Feodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VIII
5  He slips and almost falls, but is respectfully held up by the officials.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  The chanting of the service ceased, and the voice of the priest was heard respectfully congratulating the dying man on having received the sacrament.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII
7  "I am waiting, Your Majesty," answered Kutuzov, bending forward respectfully.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
8  But Kutuzov, with respectfully bowed head, seemed also to be waiting.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XV
9  Some of the most important old men were the center of groups which even strangers approached respectfully to hear the voices of well-known men.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER III
10  The general bowed his head respectfully, and the monarch mounted and rode down the street at a gallop.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER XX
11  A few days before the wedding Berg entered the count's study early one morning and, with a pleasant smile, respectfully asked his future father-in-law to let him know what Vera's dowry would be.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XI
12  While still at a distance he took off his cap and tried to speak respectfully, but he was pale and breathless and his face was angry.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI
13  With hospitable dignity and cordiality in her glance and in every motion, she looked at the visitors and, with a pleasant smile, bowed respectfully.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII
14  "The Duke of Oldenburg bears his misfortunes with admirable strength of character and resignation," remarked Boris, joining in respectfully.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III
15  She nodded to the dressmaker, whom she knew and who had curtsied respectfully to her, and seated herself in an armchair beside the looking glass, draping the folds of her velvet dress picturesquely.
War and Peace 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence: (93 in 7 pages)
16  Knowledge will give you power, but character respect.
17  When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
18  They instilled in their children a respect for Welsh tradition and culture.
19  We must respect each other's territorial integrity.
20  The campaign is intended to educate the public to respect the environment.
21  The students have great respect for their history teacher.
22  In one respect, however, the men really were strikingly similar.
23  I was treated with decorum and respect throughout the investigation.
24  Mutual respect is necessary for any partnership to work.
25  My parents brought me up to respect others.
26  Perhaps we owe these people more respect.
27  His work is good in respects of quality but bad in respect of quantity.
28  Wit Wolzek claimed the legislation could impinge on privacy, self determination and respect for religious liberty.
29  I am confident that we can restore peace, stability and respect for the rule of law.
30  The loss of respect for British science is correlated to reduced funding.