cavil, deferentially, expostulated, countenance, condescend, abashed, presume, patronisingly, haughtily, ineloquent, quibble, indignantly, resignedly, snigger, ex cathedra, diffident, flinch, overpraise, unforthcoming, disdainful, acquiesce, doubtfully, discomfit, scold, scruple, sneers, demureness, pityingly, suppliant, enamour, condescendingly, sentimentalise, chastise, studiedly, deign, shies, parti pris, behove, politely, impertinent, contemptuously, prevaricate, shamefacedly, tetchily, equivocate, frostily, temporize, loth, titter, mulishly, faute de mieux, erudite, dismissive, timorous, smugly, perspicuity, donnish, obsequious, superciliously, scornful, sophist, harrumph, prudishly, accept, demurral, preemptory, quizzically, perspicacious, displease, complaisant, empiricist, huffy, avow, analogize, upbraid, phlegmatic, glib, genuflect, chide, schoolmarmish, blandishments, sceptically, unthinkingly, tactful, peevishly, petulantly, grovel, purblind, unassertive, circumspect, hesitatingly, grudgingly, disbelieve, contradictorily, epicene, mutter, crossly, philander, blushingly, nonplused, meekly, irenic, complaint, hesitation, pretence, hitch, intermission, remonstrance, uneasiness, misgiving, reservation, animadversion, apology, disagreement, embarrassment, notice, regard, unpleasantness, annoyance, claim, concession, contention

object, objection

demurrer, except