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Meanings of much deference in English

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Usage of much deference in English
1
We have no whole oats, the Steward replied, with much deference.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz
2
With no one else would Watkins talk so lengthily, showing so much deference.
Esther Waters
3
Never had he been treated with so much sympathy, so much deference even.
Sir George Tressady — Volume II
4
Eddy did not come home this noon, said the man, with much deference.
The Debtor: A Novel
5
She is the sort of woman whom one cannot regard with too much deference.
Pride and Prejudice
6
Holding the blade midway with much deference, he presented the hilt to William Douglas.
The Black Douglas
7
They will expect too much deference, and the natives will be jealous of them.
Priestley in America, 1794-1804
8
He smiled with as much deference as he could command.
We of the Never-Never
9
Their late breakfast was served by Monsieur Berryer himself with much deference and some awe.
The Hunters of the Hills
10
Later he expressed contempt for the President who "showed him too much deference."
The Life of Abraham Lincoln
11
What have you done to the man, child, to have earned us so much deference.
The Trampling of the Lilies
12
Brother Candle was ever amazed that supposed holy men, good or bad, enjoyed so much deference.
Surrender to the will of the night
13
The President showed much deference to his guest.
Zuleika Dobson; Or, An Oxford Love Story
14
The banker translated, addressing himself to one of his companions, rather markedly and with much deference.
The Vultures
15
There was so much deference paid to him.
The Fourth Watch
16
Indeed, the only shame about this lavishly produced homage is that there's too much deference shown.
The Irish Times
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Much deference through the time
Much deference across language varieties
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