About The Word Obliging
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Obliging
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What's The Definition Of Obliging?
[adj] showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others; "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"
[adj] happy to comply Synonyms | Synonyms for Obliging: accommodating | accommodative | complaisant | compliant | complying | yielding Related Terms | Find terms related to Obliging: accommodating | accommodative | affable | agreeable | amenable | amiable | attentive | benevolent | benign | benignant | civil | complaisant | compliant | considerate | courteous | decent | deferential | delicate | easy | fair | friendly | generous | good-humored | good-natured | good-tempered | graceful | gracious | heedful | helpful | indulgent | kind | kindly | lenient | mild | mindful | mindful of others | overindulgent | overpermissive | permissive | polite | regardful | respectful | solicitous | supportive | tactful | thoughtful | tolerant | urbane | willing See Also | Obliging In Webster's Dictionary \O*bli"ging\, a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging
to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison.
Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},
{Kind}, {Complaisant}.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so. -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --
{O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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