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obliging

adjective

Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
O
Ends with
G
Contains
BL
Scrabble score
12
CEFR level
C1

How it sounds

Pronunciation

əˈblaɪd͡ʒɪŋ

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Meaning

Definitions

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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Example Sentences

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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