Deferential is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.
You can make 918 anagrams from letters in deferential (adeeefilnrt).
1815-25; after deference, by analogy with such pairs as residence: residential
The Chief Inspector stood it well, deferential but inscrutable.
Now is not the time for lackadaisical, quiet and deferential diplomacy.
Chris was brilliant, deferential, even demure, full of conviction.
Female subordinates are often less respectful of, and deferential to, their female bosses than they are to their male bosses.
Colbert was properly, perhaps pitifully, deferential to Letterman.
Like lightning Ferry's sword was out, but he only gave it a deferential sweep.
With a deferential flourish the waiter brought him the menu-card.
I saw it in every deferential gesture of his body, and every modulated tone of his voice.
She beamed at my appearance, and her every word was caressing and deferential.
At speechwriting meetings, Michel was deferential but quick with answers, just as the president liked.