Both Uses of
deference
in
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The guard grasped them both firmly round the neck, and bowing deferentially toward his captain's back, hoicked them both protesting out of the bridge.†
Chpt 7
- they conducted themselves calmly and quietly as they seated themselves deferentially before the desk,†
Chpt 25 *
Definition:
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(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes