respectful
pronunciation
How to pronounce respectful in British English:
UK [rɪˈspektfl]
How to pronounce respectful in American English:
US [rɪˈspektfl]
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- Adjective:
- full of or exhibiting respect
- feeling or manifesting veneration
Word Origin
- respectful (adj.)
- 1580s, "characterized by respect" (implied in respectfully), from respect (n.) + -ful. Meaning "full of outward civility" attested from 1680s. Related: Respectfulness.
Example
- 1. Relations between the conservatives and the liberal democrats , its two constituent parties , have degenerated from respectful union to surly cohabitation .
- 2. Two weeks after king bhumibol 's birthday speech , the bangkok post ran a stiff , respectful profile of him under the headline : " king in waiting " .
- 3. Little wonder then that the founders of youtube , guba and other independent video sites go to great lengths to be quoted saying respectful things about other media moguls .
- 4. The back-and-forth was respectful and restrained , as the gathered journalists pressed mr bernanke to express some certainty about a decidedly uncertain economic outlook .
- 5. The more confidence you exude , the more others will have in you , and as long as you do it in a respectful and professional way , your colleagues will be more impressed than put-off by your assertiveness .