All 3 Uses of
deference
in
Bartleby, the Scrivener: a Story of Wall Street
- But while the hat was a thing of indifference to me, inasmuch as his natural civility and deference, as a dependent Englishman, always led him to doff it the moment he entered the room, yet his coat was another matter.†
- With a little trouble we made out to examine the papers without Bartleby, though at every page or two, Turkey deferentially dropped his opinion that this proceeding was quite out of the common; while Nippers, twitching in his chair with a dyspeptic nervousness, ground out between his set teeth occasional hissing maledictions against the stubborn oaf behind the screen.†
- As Nippers, looking very sour and sulky, was departing, Turkey blandly and deferentially approached.
*deferentially = with polite respect
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes