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biddable
(redirected from biddability)

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bid·da·ble  (bd-bl)
adj.
1. Games Strong enough to be bid. Used of a hand of cards.
2. Following directions or obeying commands; docile.

biddable [ˈbɪdəbəl]
adj
1. (Group Games / Card Games) having sufficient value to be bid on, as a hand or suit at bridge
2. docile; obedient
biddableness  n
biddably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.biddable - willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest; "too acquiescent to challenge authority"
obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke
Translations
biddable [ˈbɪdəbl] ADJ
1. [person] → obediente, sumiso
2. (Cards) → marcable
biddable
adj (liter)fügsam, willfährig (geh)


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Yet there is a prerequisite to the attraction of dogs' biddability, and that is its opposite - their wildness.
Initially committed to presenting a vision of the social, both pre- and post-election he has lapsed into the sort of pathetic biddability that characterised both the Beazley and Crean leaderships.
He really is a creep - believing that presents can buy sexual servility - that sexual biddability can be bought even in the face of his repellent behaviour towards Sarah's girlfriend's.
 
 
 
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