respectful
/ɹɪˈspɛkt.fl̩/ adjective B1- Marked or characterized by respect · It is of great importance that you act in a respectful manner towards the duke and duchess.· They used highly respectful language when conversing with the elders.
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“She will soon get over these things.” So saying, Madame de Saint-Méran extended her dry bony hand to Villefort, who, while imprinting a son-in-law’s respectful salute on it, looked at Renée, as much as to say, “I must try and fancy ’tis your dear hand I kiss, as it should have been.”
After many of the beasts had thus disappeared, the Fox discovered the trick and presenting himself to the Lion, stood on the outside of the cave, at a respectful distance, and asked him how he was.
Well, if I take you you’ll have to be a good girl, you know--good and smart and respectful.
She was a stranger and an elderly person and my visitor--all three very good reasons why you should have been respectful to her.
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