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obedient

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o·be·di·ent  (-bd-nt)
adj.
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboedins, oboedient-, present participle of oboedre, to obey; see obey.]

o·bedi·ent·ly adv.

obedient [əˈbiːdɪənt]
adj
obeying or willing to obey
[from Old French, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedīre to obey]
obediently  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.obedientobedient - 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
compliant - disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"
submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"
manageable - capable of being managed or controlled
docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler
disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

obedient
Translations
obedient [əˈbiːdɪənt] ADJobediente
he was a very obedient childera un niño muy obediente
to be obedient to sth/sbobedecer a algo/algn
to be obedient to sb's wishesobedecer los deseos de algn
your obedient servant (o.f., frm) (in letters) → su humilde servidor(frm)

obedient [əˈbiːdɪənt] adjobéissant(e)
to be obedient to sb/sth → obéir à qn/qch

obedient
adjgehorsam; child, dog alsofolgsam; to be obedientgehorchen (→ to +dat); (child, dog also) → folgen (→ to +dat); (steering, controls, car also) → reagieren, ansprechen (→ to auf +acc); your obedient servant (old, in letters) → Ihr ergebenster Diener, Ihre ergebenste Dienerin (old)

obedient [əˈbiːdɪənt] adjubbidiente
to be obedient to sb/sth → ubbidire a qn/qc
obedient [əˈbiːdɪənt] adjubbidiente
to be obedient to sb/sth → ubbidire a qn/qc

obedient مطيع poslušný lydig gehorsam υπάκουος obediente tottelevainen obéissant poslušan ubbidiente 従順な 순종하는 gehoorzaam lydig posłuszny obediente послушный lydig เชื่อฟัง itaatkar ngoan ngoãn 服从的


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He did not in his heart respect his mother, and without acknowledging it to himself, he did not love her, though in accordance with the ideas of the set in which he lived, and with his own education, he could not have conceived of any behavior to his mother not in the highest degree respectful and obedient, and the more externally obedient and respectful his behavior, the less in his heart he respected and loved her.
Why not still proceed over the untamed yet obedient element?
It was very sweet and humble and obedient she looked, sitting there, still as a mouse; I could hardly keep from setting her free and telling her to make as much racket as she wanted to.
 
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