adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Stewart was honored with reverential speeches and affectionate anecdotes.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A moment of reverential silence, please.
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Caves, valleys, mountains, rivers - all were invested with a profound reverential significance.
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Older respondents tend to state their replies in honorifics; younger ones are less reverential .
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The reverential hush is thus not only demanded, but enforced.
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Then, with deep, reverential tones he began to talk about the value of our eight Chippendale chairs.
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Voices were hushed, reverential , as though the gathering were inside a cathedral, only their multiplicity giving them an overall loudness.