1. In a servile manner
   "he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor"
   - submissively 
2. In a respectfully deferential manner
   "he listened deferentially"

See also: deferential

• work up
• work-clothes
• work-clothing
• work-in
• work-shirt
• work-shy
• work-study program
• workable
• workaday
• workaholic
• workaholism
• workaround
• workbag
• workbasket
• workbench
• workboard
• workbook
• workbox
• workday
• worked up
• worker
• worker bee
• workfare
• workfellow
• map-reader