Deferring
[di'fəriŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Defer
Checker: Lola
Examples
- Hence he replied that he had reasons for deferring his departure a little, and would be happy to go to the sale. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Leitner ran attaching himself to somebody or other, always deferring, Loerke was a good deal alone. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I asked, knowing, of course, what the answer would be, but yet desirous of deferring the direct question as to where he really was. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She looked slowly, deferring in her certainty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Deferring to his wishes as far as I was willing, the order was modified and five was fixed as the hour to move. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
Checker: Lola