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Meanings of obliging in inglés

Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others.

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Examples for "complaisant"
Examples for "complaisant"
1
There is no work for any but the decorous and the complaisant.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works
2
The old man was not in a particularly complaisant mood that day.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2
3
But all through the evening he was affable and complaisant and forbearing.
The Fatal Glove
4
And the complaisant Marceau may have an evil quarter of an hour.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
5
She again smiled: It was a complaisant facade of any common soldier.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
Usage of obliging in inglés
1
Win was asking in the professional tone of the obliging young saleswoman.
Winnie Childs, the Shop Girl
2
Until the procession arrived the policemen were really obliging in that way.
The Christian: A Story
3
This is extremely kind and obliging in the governor and his council.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
4
I wonder at that; I was very obliging to his vulgar son.
Godolphin, Volume 1.
5
I am delighted to have the opportunity of obliging the English ambassador.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 2...
6
The sheriff was so obliging as to actually pose for the picture.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
7
The house was spacious, clean and comfortable, and the people very obliging.
The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1 / The Land of the Orang-utan and...
8
Yesterday I was favoured with your obliging letter of the 23d inst.
Memoirs of Aaron Burr, Volume 2.
9
He stayed on the step, obliging Gentle to come to the door.
Imajica: Complete Edition
10
Your obliging Letter of the 1st Instt came duly to my hand.
The Writings of Samuel Adams - Volume 3
11
The obliging clerk at the counter gave me abundant, almost unending, information.
The Passenger from Calais
12
I could not understand it at all, but my obliging neighbor continued:
Original Short Stories — Volume 02
13
But the Seven and Ser Lucas Longinch did not prove so obliging.
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
14
They also invited the most obliging of guests in Queens Park Rangers.
The Irish Times
15
The elderly man is not averse to obliging her, for a price.
The Irish Times
16
They have long wanted it, and we are obliging them at last.
The Isle of Unrest
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United Kingdom
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
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