Vronsky was continually conscious of the necessity of never for a second relaxing the tone of stern official respectfulness, that he might not himself be insulted.

I found the little fellow standing in the passage, and being addressed by one of the men in livery, who stood before him, nearly bent double from extreme respectfulness, with his hands hanging in front of him like the fins of a fish.

By and by he preferred his request again, with great respectfulness. She said, in good English, and in a deeply offended tone, that she had paid her passage and was not going to be bullied out of her "rights" by ill-bred foreigners, even if she was alone and unprotected.

"Nobody goes in there." And that was said still in another tone, such a tone that all trace of the trained respectfulness vanished from the butler's bearing.

"I thought it better to announce at once," he said, with the same stiff respectfulness as of an old family lawyer, "a boat rowed by six men has come to the landing-stage, and there's a gentleman sitting in the stern."

He sees the involved bishops' 'sincerity, decency, respectfulness and love for our country and our people are beyond doubt.'

But again, I say this, I cannot bring myself to believe that these bishops were involved in seditious activities; they are bishops whose sincerity, decency, respectfulness and love for our country and our people are beyond doubt," added Valles.

"Chris finds this one-on-one interaction with employees vital to maintaining the organization's culture of respectfulness, transparency and trust," Balgley says.

Respectfulness - George Santayana once said those who fail to respect the past are doomed to repeat it.

"America is appealing to them because of the values it represents: the neighborliness, respectfulness, inclusiveness and innovation that we all believe our country is about.