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obliging
adjective
: willing to help : helpful in a friendly way
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First Known Use of OBLIGING
1632
Related to OBLIGING
- Synonyms
- accommodative, friendly, indulgent, accommodating
Synonym Discussion of OBLIGING
amiable, good-natured, obliging, complaisant mean having the desire or disposition to please. amiable implies having qualities that make one liked and easy to deal with <an amiable teacher not easily annoyed>. good-natured implies cheerfulness or helpfulness and sometimes a willingness to be imposed upon <a good-natured girl who was always willing to pitch in>. obliging stresses a friendly readiness to be helpful <our obliging innkeeper found us a bigger room>. complaisant often implies passivity or a yielding to others because of weakness <was too complaisant to protest a decision he thought unfair>.
OBLIGING Defined for Kids
obliging
adjective oblig·ing \ə-ˈblī-jiŋ\
Definition of OBLIGING for Kids
: willing to do favors
— oblig·ing·ly adverb
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