deferential
Meanings
Adjective Satellite
- showing deference
Adj
- Respectful and considerate; showing deference.
- Based on deference; based on the doctrine, ideology, or wishes of others rather than one's own conclusions.
- Of or relating to the vas deferens.
Origin / Etymology
From deference (or its Latin type *dēferentia) + -al; compare essence, essential; prudence, prudential, etc. Coined by Scottish novelist, poet and playwright Walter Scott.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 15
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Words With Friends Score: 17
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