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Meanings of so complaisant in English

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Usage of so complaisant in English
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She had never before had one so complaisant about the murder of Christians.
The Expansion of Europe; The Culmination of Modern History
2
The sultan of Casgar was so complaisant as to satisfy the barber's curiosity.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments - Volume 01
3
Madame de la Tournelle was not so complaisant, so easily satisfied.
Love affairs of the Courts of Europe
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When both parties were so complaisant, a bargain was easily arranged.
The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 1 of 2)
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But on this, the day of days, the Barchesterian roughs were not so complaisant.
Doctor Thorne
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Ayla had always been so complaisant, had never showed anger.
The Valley of Horses
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He kept him company, and was even so complaisant as to entertain him with pleasant conversation.
The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volume...
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I can say no more than that; it is the fault of your sex, which is so complaisant.
The Story of Bawn
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But Vavasor was not so complaisant.
Can You Forgive Her?
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The day before yesterday, he begged me to wait again, but he did not find me so complaisant.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 3...
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Why did you not go away with Galla, whose wit so charms you, and whose husband is so complaisant?
Veranilda
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But these did not show themselves so complaisant; even the rigid Cato submitted to the oath, and his Sanchos followed him.
The History of Rome, Book V / The Establishment of the Military ...
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He had married her by inclination; his good-natured father had been so complaisant as to let him choose a wife for himself.
Lady Mary Wortley Montague, Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)
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Partly it was reaction-reliefthat she should be so reasonable, so complaisant-anda sort of holiday spirit after the day's hard work.
K
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The queen must be ordered by the king to be so complaisant; she does everything but put her niece into bed with her husband.
The red queen
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Noor ad Deen, who had already obliged him in several things of more consequence, was so complaisant as to relate the whole story to him.
The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 02
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