deferentialadj.1
/dɛfəˈrɛnʃəl/ Characterized by deference; showing deference; respectful.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adjective]
worthfulOE
honourablea1393
courteousa1475
respecting1573
respective1579
respectful1593
louting1602
respectuous1610
honouring1614
assenting1752
deferent1822
deferential1822
deferring1829
unscornful1897
Schweikist1968
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. xi. 266 If you seek deferential observance and attendance, I tell you at once you will not find them here.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xvii. 158 She was..marvellously deferential to Madame Mantalini.
1870 B. Disraeli Lothair (new ed.) xxviii The Duke..could be soft and deferential to women.
Derivatives
deferentiˈality n. deference.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [noun]
worthingeOE
respitea1382
honoura1425
respect1526
respection1528
regardfulness1571
respectiveness1608
modesty1616
respectfulness1625
deferencea1660
distance1667
respectance1820
unscornfulness1840
fealty1867
obsequiosity1878
deferentiality1880
1880 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 183 His master he recognises as such with respectful deferentiality.
defeˈrentially adv. in a deferential manner.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > respect > [adverb]
worshiplyc1330
honourablyc1390
obeisantlyc1400
fairlyc1480
with cap and courtship1565
with cap and curtsey1565
with cap and knee1565
respectfullya1586
respectively1588
regardfully1600
honorificallya1639
unscornfully1844
deferentiallya1846
unmockingly1872
a1846 Gentleman's Mag. cited in Worcester for *deferentially.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. vii. 115 These ladies were deferentially received..and conducted to seats of honour.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. i. 3 Deferentially observant of the master's face.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
deferentialadj.2
Physiology.
Serving to convey or conduct; pertaining to the deferent duct.
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the world > life > the body > vascular system > [adjective] > vessel
deferent1626
adductory1695
vascular1728
vasculous1728
vasculated1745
extravascular1804
emissary1828
vasiform1835
efferential1836
intervascular1849
efferent1856
perivascular1868
intravascular1876
vasoformative1876
deferential1877
vasifactive1882
intratubal1887
neurovascular1888
vasal1891
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals xi. 640 The deferential end of the testicular tube opens into a sac close to the anus.
1883 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Deferential artery, a small branch supplied to the vas deferens by one of the branches of the superior vesical artery.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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