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complaisant

adjective

Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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Word length
11
Starts with
C
Ends with
T
Contains
OM
Scrabble score
17

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adjective

  1. Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

    “To close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover”

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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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