reverential
adjective
rev·er·en·tial
ˌre-və-ˈren(t)-shəl 
1
: expressing or having a quality of reverence
reverential awe
2
: inspiring reverence
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The camera, ever reverential, doesn’t follow Mollie out of the room and Ernest’s life.
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
The director rejects the ease of over-explanation and allure of an exclusively reverential tone.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
His Sibelius is reverential, his Stravinsky without bite.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
People are interested in her story, and not in all lurid, fascinated, tell-me-your-pain terrible way, but in a reverential, respectful way.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
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Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024
The director rejects the ease of over-explanation and allure of an exclusively reverential tone.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2024
His Sibelius is reverential, his Stravinsky without bite.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
People are interested in her story, and not in all lurid, fascinated, tell-me-your-pain terrible way, but in a reverential, respectful way.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024
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reverential
adjective
rev·er·en·tial
ˌrev-ə-ˈren-chəl
1
: showing or having a quality of reverence
2
: inspiring reverence
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