Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Inspiring respect.
  • Respectful.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Respectful.
  • adjective obsolete Respectable.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete respectful
  • adjective obsolete respectable

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Examples

  • I have nothing more to say at you, but Maman joins herself to me to pray you to agree, dear benefactor, the expression of our sentiments the most distinguished and respectuous.

    Deer Godchild Marguerite Bernard

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