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reverent
[ rev-er-uhnt, rev-ruhnt ]
adjective
- feeling, exhibiting, or characterized by reverence; deeply respectful:
a reverent greeting.
reverent
/ ˈrɛvərənt; ˈrɛvrənt /
adjective
- feeling, expressing, or characterized by reverence
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Derived Forms
- ˈreverently, adverb
- ˈreverentness, noun
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Other Words From
- rev·er·ent·ly adverb
- rev·er·ent·ness noun
- non·rev·er·ent adjective
- self-rev·er·ent adjective
- un·rev·er·ent adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reverent1
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Example Sentences
These don’t feel like Easter eggs or cred-grabs so much as a reverent tethering to home.
It should come as no surprise that Wignot has painted such a reverent, yet deeply personal portrait of her subject.
The Irregulars, another Netflix release, out March 26, is the least reverent recent expansion of the brand.
But Alexander is far more intellectually sophisticated, and frankly more reverent.
The parade was solemn, with reverent music and the call-and-response singing of two choirs.
The story of these and her sisters we must pass in reverent silence.
Two, we wanted to offer sincere and reverent homage to those same beautifully made movies.
“And they remembered my name,” he says with an almost reverent gratitude.
The Savages have often been present, always profoundly silent and reverent.
These words, uttered with thrilling earnestness, struck reverent awe into the nuns and the stranger.
There was a peculiar, reverent tenderness in his manner towards her, that was even more marked than usual.
I only knew I loved it and I became reverent as the sounds carried themselves through my brain via my heart.
She was reading a book with reverent attention; it was a volume of the works of one of our modern Juvenals.
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