RESPECTFULLY
\ɹɪspˈɛktfəlɪ], \ɹɪspˈɛktfəlɪ], \ɹ_ɪ_s_p_ˈɛ_k_t_f_ə_l_ɪ]\
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in a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?"
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in a respectful manner; "might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?"
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By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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adv. In a respectful manner; in a manner comporting with due estimation.
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gabriello chiabrera
- An Italian lyric poet(1552-1637); born at Savona. Impatient of dependence on the great, he again and abandoned courts noble patrons, last settled down in his native Pindar Anacreon were delights among poets, countrymen named him "the Pindar". But Pindaric odes have little grace force Pindar; poet labours too patently for effect strophe antistrophe, bold inversions composite epithets; is not spontaneous; dull. Yet some songs after are models elegance grace. epic dramatic poems hardly rise above mediocrity. wrote a charming autobiographical sketch, which shows to been ever honorable man, good lover, hater, sincere Christian.