reverential
adjective
rev·er·en·tial
ˌre-və-ˈren(t)-shəl 
1
: expressing or having a quality of reverence
reverential awe
2
: inspiring reverence
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After receiving the Living Legend Award from a reverential, cigarette-smoking Bono, Sinatra, who choked up immediately, launched into an acceptance speech dotted with humorous anecdotes and pauses.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Some of the press has called me negatively reverential to Maria Callas.
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How reverential can anyone find the job after this?
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Add in the implicit expectation that players should be respectful and reverential to their forebears, and Raducanu’s apparent indifference to Murray’s achievements jarred in a sport where the standard practice is to big up those who went before.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025
Some of the press has called me negatively reverential to Maria Callas.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
How reverential can anyone find the job after this?
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
Add in the implicit expectation that players should be respectful and reverential to their forebears, and Raducanu’s apparent indifference to Murray’s achievements jarred in a sport where the standard practice is to big up those who went before.
—Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
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“Reverential.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reverential. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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reverential
adjective
rev·er·en·tial
ˌrev-ə-ˈren-chəl
1
: showing or having a quality of reverence
2
: inspiring reverence
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