respect-fully

adjective

full of, characterized by, or showing politeness or deference: a respectful reply.

Origin:
1590–1600; respect + -ful

Related forms

re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

re·spect·ful·ness, noun

qua·si-re·spect·ful, adjective

qua·si-re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

un·re·spect·ful, adjective

un·re·spect·ful·ly, adverb

un·re·spect·ful·ness, noun

Synonyms
courteous, polite, decorous, civil, deferential.

Antonyms
discourteous, disrespectful.

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respectful (rɪˈspɛktfʊl)

—*adj*
	full of, showing, or giving respect

re'spectfully

—*adv*

re'spectfulness

—n

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"It seems to me that the most important thing in Texas, as everywhere else, is education for all. I, of course, don't believe in forcing whites and blacks together. But both classes should be fully provided for. I recognize fully the evil of rule by ignorance. I see enough of it under my own eyes. You are not so much worse off in this respect than New York, Chicago, and other cities having a large immigrant population. But the remedy is not, I am sure, to be found in the abandonment of the American principle that all must share in government. The whites of the South must do as we do, forget to drive and learn to lead the ignorant masses around them."

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