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# respectfully

«respectfully» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a polite way that shows you value someone and their…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb (respectfully)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Respectfully means in a polite way that shows you value someone and their feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#m1)

2) «Respectfully» is also used when politely disagreeing: «Respectfully, I think you are wrong.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school and manners lessons pupils learn to listen respectfully, speak respectfully to adults and classmates, and disagree respectfully. At memorials people stand respectfully in silence. Phrases: «listen respectfully», «speak respectfully», «respectfully disagree», «Yours respectfully».

### examples

- Please listen respectfully when someone else is talking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x1)
- He respectfully asked the teacher for more time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x2)
- We stood respectfully during the minute's silence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x3)
- I respectfully disagree with your idea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x4)
- Treat other people's things respectfully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x5)
- She spoke respectfully to the old man at the bus stop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x6)
- He stopped, and respectfully took off his cap. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/#x7)

### note

From «respect» + «-ful» + «-ly». Don't confuse with «respectively» (meaning «in the order given»: «Sam and Ann are 9 and 10, respectively»).

### In the corpora

- [Politicians, lawyers and scientists all use debate skills, and arguing respectfully is a skill, not bad behaviour.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/15/)
- [A respectful tone means speaking calmly, using names respectfully and thanking the other team.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/40-how-to-argue-counter-arguments-and-respect/16/)
- [When responding to another team, you begin with what was good in their view, then add to it or question it respectfully.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «respectfully» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/respectfully/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.