 obliging |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] happy to comply | |
| Synonyms: | yielding complying | |
| Related terms: | compliant | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others | |
| Synonyms: | complaisant | |
| Examples: | "to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover" "the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave" |
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| Related terms: | accommodating | |
| Similar spelling: |
obligingly oblige obliger obliged obligation obligato obligate obligated obbligato obligatory oblique |
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