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obliging

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o·blig·ing  (-bljng)
adj.
Ready to do favors for others; accommodating.
o·bliging·ly adv.
o·bliging·ness n.
obliging
Adjective
willing to be helpful
obligingly adv
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Adj.1.obliging - 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"
complaisant
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"
obliging
adjective accommodating, kind, helpful, willing, civil, friendly, polite, cooperative, agreeable, amiable, courteous, considerate, hospitable, unselfish, good-natured, eager to please, complaisant << OPPOSITE unhelpful
Translations
obliging [əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] adj → servicial, atento
obliging [əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] adj → obligeant(e) → serviable
obliging [əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] oblige adj → entgegenkommend
obliging [əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ] adj → servizievole, compiacente


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The author's mistake was pointed out to him, in the most obliging manner, by Robert Belt, Esq.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
There cannot be a more gentle, affectionate heart; or more obliging manners, when acting without restraint; and her little cousins are all very fond of her.
Lady Susan by Austen, Jane View in context
Pity, the obliging hand, the warm heart, patience, industry, and humility--these are unquestionably the qualities we shall here find flooded with the light of approval and admiration; because they are the most USEFUL qualities--; they make life endurable, they are of assistance in the "struggle for existence" which is the motive force behind the people practising this morality.
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
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