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单词 reverently
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reverentlyadv.

Brit. /ˈrɛv(ə)rəntli/, /ˈrɛvərn̩tli/, U.S. /ˈrɛvərn(t)li/, /ˈrɛv(ə)rən(t)li/
Forms: see reverent adj. and -ly suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reverent adj., -ly suffix2.
Etymology: < reverent adj. + -ly suffix2.
1. In a reverent manner; with profound respect, veneration, or honour.
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society > faith > worship > [adverb]
reverentlya1382
reverendlyc1480
devotionally1668
reverentially1834
doxologically1891
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > reverence > [adverb]
worthlyOE
reverentlya1382
worthilyc1400
worshippinglyc1475
reverendlyc1480
venerablyc1610
reverentially1644
worshipfully1863
veneratinglyc1925
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Ecclus. viii. 12 Ther was good to men..that reuerentli dreden [a1425 L.V. reuerensen; L. verentur] the face of hym.
c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. ix. 44 In heuene..He worth raþer receyued and reuerentloker sette.
c1410 tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 137 Þe erle of Flaundres norsched hir ful reverently [L. reverenter].
c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 24 (MED) Gabriel..reuerently bowynge resceyueth this message of his lorde.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xvii. 397 They saluted hym reverently.
a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 38 Gyvyng also reverently to theyr pryncys & lordys al humbul servyce.
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 20 Not any where is the word seuerer practised, the preacher reuerentlier obserued and honoured.
1635 A. Stafford Femall Glory 143 Reverently and intentively look on him who descended from Heaven to Earth.
1688 M. Prior Ode Exod. iii. 14 95 Low, reverently low, Make thy stubborn Knowledge bow.
1755 E. Young Centaur i. 11 As to God, they say, ‘The natural religion commands us to think worthily, and speak reverently, of Him.’
1792 E. Burke Let. to H. Langrishe in Wks. I. 557 If the subject think so highly and reverently of the sovereign authority, as not to claim any thing of right.
1842 E. Miall in Nonconformist 2 2 An authority to which sceptres must reverently bow.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) II. vii. 94 It is the inner works of the universe which science reverently uncovers.
1932 A. Huxley Brave New World xiii. 222 The Savage looked at her reproachfully; then suddenly fell on his knees before her and, taking Lenina's hand, reverently kissed it.
1958 A. Wilson Middle Age of Mrs Eliot i. 114 He bowed his head reverently before the privacy of her grief.
1994 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 5 Nov. a15/5 Two musicians..announce the arrival of a priest who reverently anoints the worshippers.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Apr. iii. 4/1 History someday may look back reverently on 2006 as the birth year of NASCAR ‘loop data’.
2. = reverendly adv. 2. Obsolete. rare.
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a1627 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Old Law (1656) iv. 55 Thou'rt a man of sorrow But reverently becomst it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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