All 6 Uses of
deference
in
The Fountainhead
- She watched the deference of these people's manner when they spoke to her.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- He allowed no reality but that of a man introduced to her in a drawing room, flawlessly obedient to every convention of deference.†
Chpt 2.6
- Instead of a mood of deferential sorrow, befitting a place where one contemplates eternity and realizes the insignificance of man, this building has a quality of loose, orgiastic elation.†
Chpt 2.12
- Being, in addition, an outstanding authority on architecture, you are eminently qualified to give us what I shall call, with all deference, the feminine angle on this case.†
Chpt 2.12
- "Of course," Roark smiled, amused by the deference which he had not requested.†
Chpt 4.3
- She had never expected Wynand to come to an office unannounced and to ask admittance in that tone of grave deference.†
Chpt 4.4
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes