All 4 Uses of
deference
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
- Everyone was staring curiously, yet deferentially, at the foreigners.
Chpt 3 *deferentially = with polite respect
- Lord Grenville—Foreign Secretary of State—paid him marked, though frigid deference.†
Chpt 10
- After the few conventional words of deferential greeting, Lord Grenville said to his royal guest,— "Will your Highness permit me to introduce M. Chauvelin, the accredited agent of the French Government?"†
Chpt 11
- The landlord of the "Chat Gris"—by name, Brogard—had taken no further notice of his guests; he concluded that presently they would order supper, and in the meanwhile it was not for a free citizen to show deference, or even courtesy, to anyone, however smartly they might be dressed.†
Chpt 22
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes