Word Study
defer |
defer to |
deference |
deferent |
deferential |
deferentially
| deferment
| deferral
| deferred
| deferred payment
| defervesce
deferentially
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adverbial deferentially has 2 senses
- deferentially(r = adv.all) submissively - in a servile manner; "he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor"
- deferentially(r = adv.all) Array - in a respectfully deferential manner; "he listened deferentially"
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