respectfully

1. 1.

   in a respectful manner

   “might I respectfully suggest to the Town Council that they should adopt a policy of masterly inactivity?”

   Antonymsdisrespectfully

Questions about respectfully

What does respectfully mean?

respectfully means "in a respectful manner".

How many syllables are in respectfully?

respectfully has 4 syllables: re-spect-ful-ly. The stress falls on "spect". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈspɛktfəli/.

What is the opposite of respectfully?

The recorded antonyms are disrespectfully.

Is respectfully a common word?

respectfully is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.