respectful

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: re=spect=ful

CIDE DICTIONARY

respectful, a. 

 Marked or characterized by respect; as, respectful deportment.  [1913 Webster]
"With humble joi and with respectful fear."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

respectful, adj. showing deference (stood at a respectful distance).

Derivative

respectfully adv. respectfulness n.

THESAURUS

respectful

acclamatory, accommodating, admiring, affable, agreeable, appreciative, approbatory, attentive, cap in hand, ceremonious, civil, commendatory, complaisant, complimentary, conscientious, considerate, cordial, courteous, deferential, duteous, dutiful, encomiastic, ethical, eulogistic, fair, flattering, gentlemanly, graceful, gracious, honorific, ladylike, laudatory, mannerly, moral, obedient, obliging, observant, panegyric, polite, regardful, reverent, reverential, scrupulous, solicitous, tactful, thoughtful, urbane, well-behaved, well-mannered

ROGET THESAURUS

respectful

Respect

N respect, regard, consideration, courtesy, attention, deference, reverence, honor, esteem, estimation, veneration, admiration, approbation, homage, fealty, obeisance, genuflection, kneeling prostration, obsequiousness, salaam, kowtow, bow, presenting arms, salute, respects, regards, duty, devoirs, egards, devotion, respecting, respectful, deferential, decorous, reverential, obsequious, ceremonious, bareheaded, cap in hand, on one's knees, prostrate, respected, in high esteem, in high estimation, time-honored, venerable, emeritus, in deference to, with all respect, with all due respect, with due respect, with the highest respect, with submission, saving your grace, saving your presence, salva sit reverentia, pace tanti nominis, Int, hail!, all hail!, esto perpetua!, may your shadow never be less!, and pluck up drowned honor by the locks, his honor rooted in dishonor stood, honor pricks me on.