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Meanings of deferent in inglés

Showing deference.

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Usage of deferent in inglés
1
He appeared the faithful, deferent employee in every line as he entered.
The Perils of Pauline
2
I was very deferent, and yielded the choice of topics.
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 02
3
Never in all his life had Guy been so deferent, so loving, to his father.
John Halifax, Gentleman
4
They gave her the tender, deferent affection they would have given to a charming child.
The Three Brontës
5
Men do love to have girls appeal to their superior knowledge, and be admiring and deferent.
Prudence of the Parsonage
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The English governor, deferent toward the creeds of his various subjects, presented them with the necessary wood.
Luna Benamor
7
Those innocent Abnegation, with their constant acts of service and their deferent head-bobbing, they needed to be saved.
Four: The Traitor
8
It is good to be glad one was not knifed, and to be deferent until more suitable occasion.
King--of the Khyber Rifles: A Romance of Adventure
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To Philip he was at times civil and courteous, but not always; but to Amine he was always deferent.
The Phantom Ship
10
Bucky gave him outwardly a deferent ear, but his alert mind and eyes were scanning the prisoners they saw.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
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The Wizard now arose and made a low bow to Ozma and another less deferent bow to the assembled company.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
12
The moon moves on an epicycle centred on a second epicycle, itself centred on a deferent, excentric to the earth.
History of Astronomy
13
They were not ungentle with him; that would be too much rudeness to show a prince, but neither were they deferent.
The pretender's crown
14
But underlying them all was the permanent Washington, deferent, plain of speech, direct, yet slow in forming or expressing an opinion.
George Washington
15
The ceremony of the letters and the deferent method of address and signature are never dropped in this most intimate of letter-writing.
Essays
16
As the form of color on the wall has a natural existence; but, in the deferent medium, it has only intentional existence.
Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) / From the Complete Americ...
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