Deferential

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Deferential \Def`er*en"tial\, a. [See {Deference}.]
     Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  deferential
       adj : showing deference [syn: {deferent}, {regardful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  44 Moby Thesaurus words for "deferential":
     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