com·plai·sant (k m-pl  snt, -znt)adj. Exhibiting a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging. [French, from Old French, present participle of complaire, to please, from Latin complac  re; see complacent.]com·plai sant·ly adv. |
complaisant [kəmˈpleɪzənt]
adj
showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite
[from French complaire, from Latin complacēre to please greatly; compare complacent]
complaisantly adv
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| Adj. | 1. | complaisant - 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" accommodating, accommodative - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating" |
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