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Meanings of
obliging
in English
Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.
complaisant
Related terms
accommodating
accommodative
Usage of
obliging
in English
1
Win was asking in the professional tone of the
obliging
young saleswoman.
2
Until the procession arrived the policemen were really
obliging
in that way.
3
This is extremely kind and
obliging
in the governor and his council.
4
I wonder at that; I was very
obliging
to his vulgar son.
5
I am delighted to have the opportunity of
obliging
the English ambassador.
6
The sheriff was so
obliging
as to actually pose for the picture.
7
The house was spacious, clean and comfortable, and the people very
obliging
.
8
Yesterday I was favoured with your
obliging
letter of the 23d inst.
9
He stayed on the step,
obliging
Gentle to come to the door.
10
Your
obliging
Letter of the 1st Instt came duly to my hand.
11
The
obliging
clerk at the counter gave me abundant, almost unending, information.
12
I could not understand it at all, but my
obliging
neighbor continued:
13
But the Seven and Ser Lucas Longinch did not prove so
obliging
.
14
They also invited the most
obliging
of guests in Queens Park Rangers.
15
The elderly man is not averse to
obliging
her, for a price.
16
They have long wanted it, and we are
obliging
them at last.
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About this term
obliging
Adjective
oblige
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
very obliging
so obliging
most obliging
obliging letter
obliging manner
More collocations
Obliging
through the time
Obliging
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Less common