Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
in a servile manner;
- Example: "he always acts so deferentially around his supervisor"[syn: deferentially, submissively]
2. in a respectfully deferential manner;
- Example: "he listened deferentially"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Deferentially \Def`er*en"tial*ly\, adv.
With deference.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
deferentially
adv 1: in a servile manner; "he always acts so deferentially
around his supervisor" [syn: deferentially,
submissively]
2: in a respectfully deferential manner; "he listened
deferentially"