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inclined

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in·clined  (n-klnd)
adj.
1. Sloping, slanting, or leaning.
2. Having a preference, disposition, or tendency: lobbied the positively inclined senators to push for the bill's passage.
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Adj.1.inclined - (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency; "wasn't inclined to believe the excuse"; "inclined to be moody"
willing - disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"
disinclined - unwilling because of mild dislike or disapproval; "disinclined to say anything to anybody"
2.inclined - at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position; "an inclined plane"
gradual - (of a topographical gradient) not steep or abrupt; "a gradual slope"
oblique - slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
horizontal - parallel to or in the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a horizontal surface"
vertical, perpendicular - at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line; "a vertical camera angle"; "the monument consists of two vertical pillars supporting a horizontal slab"; "measure the perpendicular height"
3.inclined - having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
willing - disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

inclined
adjective 1. disposed, given, prone, likely, subject, liable, apt, predisposed, tending towards
adjective 2. willing, minded, ready, disposed, of a mind (informal)


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Verde inclined guide-light changes from 1st proximo to triple flash--green white green--in place of occulting red as heretofore.
He was of a fat habit, even from boyhood, and inclined to a cheerful and cursory reading of the face of life; and possibly this attitude of mind was the original cause of his misfortunes.
A short period before the arrival of the first Pilgrims at Plymouth there had been a very grievous plague among the red men; and the sages and ministers of that day were inclined to the opinion that Providence had sent this mortality in order to make room for the settlement of the English.
 
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