English-Thai Dictionary

deferential

ADJ ซึ่ง แสดง ความเคารพ  ยอม เชื่อฟัง  ยอม ผ่อนผัน  คล้อยตาม  obeisant respectful submissive sueng-sa-daeng-kwam-kaol-rob

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFERENTIAL

a.Expressing deference.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFERENTIAL

Def `er *en "tial, a. Etym: [See Deference. ]

 

Defn: Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

 

DEFERENTIALLY

DEFERENTIALLY Def `er *en "tial *ly, adv.

 

Defn: With deference.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

deferential

def er en tial |ˌdefəˈrenCHəl ˈˌdɛfəˈˌrɛn (t )ʃəl | ▶adjective showing deference; respectful: people were always deferential to him. DERIVATIVES def er en tial ly adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from deference, on the pattern of pairs such as prudence, prudential .

 

Oxford Dictionary

deferential

def |er ¦en |tial |dɛfəˈrɛnʃ (ə )l | ▶adjective showing deference; respectful: people were always deferential to him. DERIVATIVES deferentially adverb ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from deference, on the pattern of pairs such as prudence, prudential .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

deferential

deferential adjective the hotel's deferential treatment of its elite clientele: respectful, humble, obsequious; dutiful, obedient, submissive, meek, subservient, yielding, acquiescent, complaisant, compliant, tractable, biddable, docile. WORD TOOLKIT See humble . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

deferential

deferential adjective a deferential batman: obsequious, humble, respectful, considerate, attentive, thoughtful; courteous, polite, civil, dutiful, reverent, reverential, awed; obedient, submissive, subservient, fawning, toadying, yielding, acquiescent, complaisant, compliant, pliant, tractable, biddable, manageable, docile, slavish; dated mannerly; rare regardful, obeisant. ANTONYMS arrogant; impolite. WORD TOOLKIT deferential See humble . Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

deferential

def er en tial /dèfərénʃ (ə )l /形容詞 «…に » 敬意を表した, 敬った (respectful ) «to » .～ly 副詞