The Collaborative International Dictionary
Worshipful \Wor"ship*ful\, a.
Entitled to worship, reverence, or high respect; claiming
respect; worthy of honor; -- often used as a term of respect,
sometimes ironically. ``This is worshipful society.''
--Shak.
[She is] so dear and worshipful.
--Chaucer.
[1913 Webster] -- Wor"ship*ful*ly, adv. --
Wor"ship*ful*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a worshipful manner; reverentially.
Usage examples of "worshipfully".
But she was so damn remote, as if that night in Nogales had never happened, as if she hadn't spent her childhood years tagging along at his heels and beaming worshipfully up at him.
Now she's a pregnant mental cripple worshipfully married to a thirty-seven-year-old woman who's always been a social and sexual deviate.
His white tie and tails were again too big, emphasizing his Charlie Chaplin air of a dressed-up vagrant, despite his severe stiff saluting and the cheers and applause of beautiful women and important-looking men, all stretching their necks to stare worshipfully.