All 10 Uses
revere
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Sons and Lovers
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- Not knowing what he was doing—he often did the right thing by instinct—he sat beside her, inclining reverentially.†
Chpt 1.1reverentially = with feelings of deep respect and admiration
- He skinned the long nuts reverently, counting them all, to see not one was lost.†
Chpt 1.4reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- He, however, thought them the most dainty boots in the world, and he cleaned them with as much reverence as if they had been flowers.†
Chpt 1.6reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She madly wanted her little brother of four to let her swathe him and stifle him in her love; she went to church reverently, with bowed head, and quivered in anguish from the vulgarity of the other choir-girls and from the common-sounding voice of the curate; she fought with her brothers, whom she considered brutal louts; and she held not her father in too high esteem because he did not carry any mystical ideals cherished in his heart, but only wanted to have as easy a time as he could, and his meals when he was ready for them.†
Chpt 2.7reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She did him that great kindness of treating him almost with reverence.†
Chpt 2.9reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- She had more reverence for them: they held something she had not.†
Chpt 2.9
- "I think," said Miriam, "if you treat them with reverence you don't do them any harm.†
Chpt 2.9
- He kissed her hand reverently.
Chpt 2.11 *reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration
- It's something; and sometimes you have carried me away—right away—I know—and—I reverence you for it—but—†
Chpt 2.13reverence = feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- They touched her reverently, and in a quiet, businesslike fashion.†
Chpt 2.14reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
Definitions:
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(1)
(revere) regard with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus)
- Your reverence is a title that can be used to address royalty or clergy.
- Irreverent is the opposite of reverent and in addition to meaning "without respect" can sometimes imply a comic attitude.