reverent

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They lifted 'em out o' Flora's Temple--reverent, but not wastin' time--whilst I found out what had brought her down.

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  1. adjective Marked by, feeling, or expressing reverence.

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  • When he spoke again, his tone was reverent -- the tone of voice a man uses when he encounters some awe-inspiring natural wonder. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 01 - January 1996
  • The battle could more accurately be desig­nated as "The Last Stand of the Sioux Indians," for they were nearing the end of their existence as an independent, reverent, and powerful race. —  Cheif Red Fox
  • You would have rejoiced could you have seen us last Sunday or this morning at 7 A.M. Our fourteen Melanesian Communicants so reverent, and (apparently) earnest. —  Life of John Coleridge Patteson
  • "It's also kind of reverent," said Stephen Kenney, director of the museum, as he walked around the gallery. —  The Buffalo News: Home
  • Contemplative and reverent, the show fulfills its premise so well that it seems capable of providing a discretely intimate experience for each and every viewer. —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Latin reverēns, reverent-, present participle of reverērī, to revere; see revere1.

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  1. from Middle English reverent, from Old French reverent = Spanish Portuguese reverente = Italian riverente, reverente, from Latin reveren(t-)s, present participle of revereri, revere: see revere.
 

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