Both Uses of
deference
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Scudder [quietly, deferentially}: Hatcher, Dan Hatcher, is the assistant manager of the Royal Palms Hotel, and the man that informed me this morning that Chance Wayne was back in St Cloud.†
Scene 2.1
- comes deferentially
Scene 2.1 *deferentially = with polite respect
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes