All 5 Uses
deference
in
Year of Wonders
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- But the habits of a lifetime are hard-shed, and I had dropped into a curtsy without willing it, my body acting despite the firm resolve of my mind to show this woman no such deference.†
Chpt 1deference = polite respect
- But he was smiling his big open smile, and he looked down deferentially when he grasped my mortified state.†
Chpt 2 *deferentially = with polite respect
- Mr. Hadfield stood beside the surgeon, nodding deferentially at his every utterance.†
Chpt 4
- I wanted to touch her, to wipe them away, but deference, instilled in me since birth, stayed my hand.†
Chpt 9deference = polite respect
- Speaking with a respectful deference that I did not feel, I explained the plight at the rectory, and, flattering him about his great strength and fortitude, beseeched his help.†
Chpt 10
Definitions:
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(1)
(deference) polite respect -- often when submitting to another's wishes
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)