Synonyms:
reverentially, reverently
Meaning: with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork"
Usage examples
He stood up and shook Mr. Asher reverently by the hand.
‘It ha’ shined upon me,’ he said reverently, ‘in my pain and trouble down below.
I think perhaps the oak knows or it would not thus for years have whispered reverently its distinct Amen!
They reached the church at last and set the coffin in the middle of it. The boys surrounded it and remained reverently standing so, all through the service.
Instead, he got a salute from the Belgians." He crossed himself reverently. "Thank God for our soldiers," he said, and Mother De Smet, weeping softly, murmured a devout "Amen."
And when, released, he sprang to his feet, his mouth laughing, his eyes eloquent, his throat vibrant with unuttered sound, and in that fashion remained without movement, John Thornton would reverently exclaim, "God! you can all but speak!"
Then she closed the dead eyes, and crossed the hands upon the breast; after a season, she kissed the forehead reverently, drew the sheet up over the face, and then walked apart and sat down with the look of one who is done with life and has no further interest in its joys and sorrows, its hopes or its ambitions.