complaisant (s)
obliging (s)

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type s
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def showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
examples 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
Outgoing links
Similar to accommodating, accommodative
Derivationally related form obliging → obligingness
Derivationally related form complaisant → complaisance
Incoming links
Similar to accommodating, accommodative
Derived from adjective obligingly → obliging
Derivationally related form obligingness → obliging
Derivationally related form complaisance → complaisant

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