Detailed description and alternate definitions of the word 'deferential':
Marked by or exhibiting deference.
Synonyms of word 'deferential' :
deferent
regardful
Usage of the word 'deferential' in Sentences :
I hate to say it, because I donÆ’??t want to give them up, but I think this trend is coincident with the trend in energy drinks.
deferential in the face of public interest immunity claims from government.
deferential attitude of the United Kingdom's political leaders toward the European Union.
Obviously you must be polite, but don't be too deferential, and remember the power of eye contact.
deferential press treatment of the Roosevelts in the White House with the Clinton era.
The age we live in is democratic not deferential.
I discovered in a moment why the orator of the hustings is so deferential to the mob.
deferential manner giving them all their titles.
They are all very deferential to each other so unlike life at home.
Usage of the word 'deferential' in popular media :
Washington Post —
“deferential relationship between the fan-base and the football club.....
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“this approach might be thought to be perhaps both overly dismissive of the human rights commission and overly
deferential to the strasbourg court.....
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Wall Street Journal —
“that didn't satisfy hatch: "i've never seen such a foot-dragging situation," he said, suggesting the administration was being too
deferential to its allies in organized labor....
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