| 单词 |
reverently |
| 释义 |
reverently, adv.|ˈrɛvərəntlɪ|
[f. reverent a. + -ly2.]
In a reverent manner; with reverence or profound respect.
1382Wyclif Eccl. viii. 12, I kneȝ that ther was good to men dredende God, that reuerentli dreden the face of hym. 1393Langl. P. Pl. C. ix. 44 In heuene..He worth raþer receyued and reuerentloker sette. c1400Love Bonavent. Mirr. (1908) 24 Gabriel..vppon his knees knelynge and..reuerently bowynge. c1489Caxton Sonnes of Aymon xvii. 397 They saluted hym reverently. 1538Starkey England i. ii. 55 Gyuyng also reuerently to theyr pryncys and lordys al humbul seruyce. 1599Nashe Lenten Stuffe Wks. (Grosart) V. 228 Not any where is the word seuerer practised, the preacher reuerentlier obserued and honoured. 1635A. Stafford Fem. Glory 143 Reverently and intentively look on him who descended from Heaven to Earth. 1688Prior Ode Exodus iii. 95 Low, reverently low, Make thy stubborn Knowledge bow. 1792Burke Let. to Sir H. Langrishe Wks. I. 557 If the subject think so highly and reverently of the sovereign authority, as not to claim any thing of right. 1842Miall in Nonconf. II. 2 An authority to which sceptres must reverently bow. 1871Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. vii. 94 It is the inner works of the universe which science reverently uncovers. |
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单词 reverentially 释义 reverentially, adv.|rvrnl|[f. prec. + -ly2.]In a reverential manne......