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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"