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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
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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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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