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respectful

English

Alternative forms

  • respec'ful

Etymology

respect +? -ful

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???sp?ktf?l/
  • Hyphenation: re?spect?ful

Adjective

respectful (comparative more respectful, superlative most respectful)

  1. Marked or characterized by respect
    • 1907, Marshall Broomhall (Editor), The Chinese Empire. A General & Missionary Survey/The Province of Kansu
      On the whole, indifference rather than open hostility has been the attitude of the people towards the Gospel, but since 1900 there has been a more eager and respectful attention to the things taught.

Antonyms

  • contemptuous
  • disdainful
  • disrespectful

Related terms

  • respectfully
  • respectfulness

Translations

See also

  • respective
  • respectable

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regardful

English

Etymology

From regard +? -ful.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??????df?l/

Adjective

regardful (comparative more regardful, superlative most regardful)

  1. Respectful. [from 16th c.]
  2. (now rare) Watchful, observant. [from 16th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.7:
      And evermore, when with regardfull sight / She looking backe espies that griesly wight / Approching nigh, she gins to mend her pace […].

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