deferentially

[US]/ˌdefə'renʃəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. with respect and humility

Phrases & Collocations

treat deferentially

speak deferentially

act deferentially

Example Sentences

He spoke deferentially to his boss.

She nodded deferentially to show her respect.

The waiter treated the VIP guests deferentially.

The students listened deferentially to the professor's lecture.

The team members followed the coach's instructions deferentially.

The employees greeted the CEO deferentially during the meeting.

The staff members spoke deferentially to the company's founder.

She always addresses her elders deferentially.

The butler served the guests deferentially at the party.

The students bowed deferentially to their teacher at the end of the class.

Real-world Examples

So her jaw is firm, the rosebud mouth is in the act of speaking, and not deferentially.

Source: The Power of Art - Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini

Course we does, sir, ' said Highboy deferentially.

Source: The heart is a lonely hunter.

The gray-haired, rosy-cheeked driver deferentially raised his hat.

Source: Resurrection

He had abandoned his usual provocative attitude and his sarcastic smile. He waited, gravely and deferentially.

Source: The Mystery of 813 (Part Two)

Society hesitated, wavered, oscillated between harshness and laxity, pitilessly sacrificing the weak, and deferentially following the strong.

Source: The Education of Henry Adams (Part Two)

'My dear, ' said Mr. Sowerberry, deferentially, 'this is the boy from the workhouse that I told you of.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

She went foolishly out, the office boy deferentially swinging the door for her, and gladly sank into the obscuring crowd.

Source: English TEM-8 reading past exam papers 2008-2022

Mr. Bumble stopped not to converse with the small shopkeepers and others who spoke to him, deferentially, as he passed along.

Source: Oliver Twist (Original Version)

Before he replaced the edge of the towel over the second ear, he bent down and said deferentially into it, " And the nostrils, Sir" ?

Source: 007 Series: Diamonds Are Forever (Part 2)

Harry thought Professor Marchbanks must be the tiny, stooped witch with a face so lined it looked as though it had been draped in cobwebs; Umbridge was speaking to her deferentially.

Source: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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