Both Uses of
revere
in
Queen of Babble
- The little girl took the napkin reverently, as if she couldn't believe her good fortune.†
*reverently = with feelings of deep respect and admiration -- sometimes with a mixture of wonder and awe or fear
- "Satan's Shadow," he says reverently.†
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) 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.