1 He was gravely deferential to the vague Gerald but it was to Scarlett that he turned as the real head of the house.
2 They made a point of being deferential to men's opinions, whether they were guided by them or not.
3 They all loved her but they thought her the sweetest, most pliable of young women, deferential to her elders and without any opinions of her own.
4 Pollock was a man of perhaps thirty-eight, slender, still, deferential.
5 Nat Hicks was there, and he was not so deferential as he had been.
6 Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his warlike but still deferential cubs.
7 He told my mother, in language perfectly respectful and deferential, but quite explicit, that over the house-servants she should be entire mistress, but that with the field-hands he could allow no interference.
8 He was taciturn, soft-footed, very quiet in his manner, deferential, observant, always at hand when wanted, and never near when not wanted; but his great claim to consideration was his respectability.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY 9 On reaching the offices of the board, Stepan Arkadyevitch, escorted by a deferential porter with a portfolio, went into his little private room, put on his uniform, and went into the boardroom.
10 Darya Alexandrovna liked her neatness, her deferential and obliging manners, but she felt ill at ease with her.
11 With him Vronsky was simple and deferential.
12 And Chichikov executed one of his sidelong, deferential bows.
13 "This is what I want, my dear fellow," said the count to the deferential young man who had entered.
14 The officer evidently had complete control of his face, and while Kutuzov was turning managed to make a grimace and then assume a most serious, deferential, and innocent expression.
15 Rostov's deferential tone seemed to indicate that though he would consider himself happy to be acquainted with her, he did not wish to take advantage of her misfortunes to intrude upon her.