Meaning of DEFERENTIAL
| Pronunciation: | | `defu'renshul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] showing deference |
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| | Synonyms: | | deferent, regardful, respectful |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Def`er*en"tial\, a. [See {Deference}.]
Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
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| | Related Terms: | | accommodating, affable, agreeable, attentive, cap in hand, ceremonious, civil, complaisant, conscientious, considerate, courteous, crouching, disarming, duteous, dutiful, ethical, fair, graceful, gracious, honorific, insinuating, insinuative, moral, obedient, obeisant, obliging, obsequious, observant, on bended knee, polite, prone, prostrate, regardful, respectful, saccharine, scrupulous, servile, silken, silky, solicitous, subservient, tactful, thoughtful, urbane |
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