Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Honorably; creditably.
- Reverentially; respectfully; deferentially.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
worshipful manner;reverentially .
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Examples
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Jim felt as though he were having a religious experience, and indeed the item he was gazing at worshipfully reminded him of the old-style stained-glass windows he had seen images of.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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It is 1974, and 13-year-old Petra Williams of South Wales is worshipfully in love with far-off pop idol David Cassidy.
Allison Pearson's 'I Think I Love You': A celebrity crush turns star-crossed 2011
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In the letters, Paul questioned whether government should have any role in combatting discrimination and bigotry -- something that will surely resonate with his latter-day questioning of the Civil Rights Act -- and wrote worshipfully about Ayn Rand.
Rand Paul's college letters: Asked whether gov't should combat discrimination, worshipped Ayn Rand Greg Sargent 2010
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Jim felt as though he were having a religious experience, and indeed the item he was gazing at worshipfully reminded him of the old-style stained-glass windows he had seen images of.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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It is 1974, and 13-year-old Petra Williams of South Wales is worshipfully in love with far-off pop idol David Cassidy.
Allison Pearson's 'I Think I Love You': A celebrity crush turns star-crossed 2011
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In a 1982 Op ed Paul published in the same paper, he wrote worshipfully about the "immortal words" of Howard Roark, the hero of Ayn Rand's novel "The Fountainhead."
Rand Paul's college letters: Asked whether gov't should combat discrimination, worshipped Ayn Rand Greg Sargent 2010
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"Nani," as the kids worshipfully call her, is a baby whisperer.
Maybe You Can't Have Balance, After All Katherine Rosman 2011
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And she looks at him worshipfully and (iIrc) thanks him.
My growing feminism will cut you in half like a righteous blade of equality. karenhealey 2010
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Landing getaway leaves him worshipfully in over his head.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: Subterranean Bundle November 2007 - William Schafer Blue Tyson 2008
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Landing getaway leaves him worshipfully in over his head.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: In the Beginning - Robert Silverberg Blue Tyson 2008
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