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o·be·di·ent

(ō-bē′dē-ənt)

adj.

Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

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

o·be′di·ent·ly adv.

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Adv.

obediently - in an obedient manner; "obediently she slipped off her right shoe and stocking"

yieldingly

disobediently - in a disobedient manner; "he went ahead disobediently and did what his supervisor had warned him not to do"

obediently

adverb submissively, meekly, dutifully, passively, unresistingly He walked obediently beside his mother.

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Translations

مُطيعا ، بِطاعَه

lydigt

gehorsam

docilement

af hlÿîni; möglunarlaust

docilmente

i samsvar med en ordre

ubogljivo

itaatle

顺从地

obediently

[əˈbiːdɪəntlɪ] ADV → obedientemente

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obediently

[əˈbiːdɪəntli] adv → docilement

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obediently

adv → gehorsam; the car responded obediently → das Auto reagierte prompt

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obediently

[əˈbiːdɪəntlɪ] adv → docilmente

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obey

(əˈbei) , ((American) ou-) verb

to do what one is told to do. I obeyed the order.

obedience (əˈbiːdjəns) noun

1. the act of obeying. obedience to an order.

2. willingness to obey. She showed great obedience.

oˈbedient adjective

an obedient and well-behaved child.

oˈbediently adverb

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Pinocchio obediently bent his two knees to the ground and remained kneeling until the Manager, with the crack of the whip, cried sharply: "Walk!"

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I obediently despised the classic unities and the French and Italian theatre which had perpetuated them, and I revered the romantic drama which had its glorious course among the Spanish and English poets, and which was crowned with the fame of the Cervantes and the Shakespeare whom I seemed to own, they owned me so completely.

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If ever I have laughed with the laughter of the creative lightning, to which the long thunder of the deed followeth, grumblingly, but obediently:

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Mukhorty ambled on obediently though with difficulty, in the direction in which he was driven.

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Obediently Pollyanna took the medicine, and sipped the water from the glass in Miss Hunt's hand.

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Pierre obediently sat down, his eyes asking if he were doing right.

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The ancient obediently dipped his paddle and started pottering an erratic course in the general direction of the cluster of lights that marked the Makambo.

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The sentinel obediently withdrew, swearing, and did not return.

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"Good-bye, poor hare!" Sylvie obediently repeated, looking over her shoulder at it as we turned away.

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Their eyes turned that way obediently. The eyes of Rachel saw nothing.

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A sailor stepped forward obediently. "Get your palm and needle and sew the beggar up.

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At the stern order the buzz ceased, and fifty pairs of blue, black, gray, and brown eyes were obediently fixed upon his awful countenance.