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respectfully

adverb as in deferentially

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“Il Signor Armani, as he was always respectfully and admiringly called by employees and collaborators, passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loved ones,” his team said on Instagram.

The statement continued: "For this reason, we must respectfully but firmly request that our mother not be included in any way in the funeral arrangements being made for Andrew."

From BBC

On Wednesday, when asked by the judge if he wished to speak, he replied: "I respectfully decline."

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She knew those people had been buried respectfully in a field half a mile away - there was a monument marking the spot.

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“The California Department of Education ... respectfully disagrees with OCR’s analysis and it will not sign the proposed resolution agreement,” wrote Len Garfinkel, general counsel for the California agency in a brief communication.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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