complaisantlyadv.
In a complaisant manner; courteously, obligingly; compliantly.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > [adverb] > obligingly or complaisantly
officiously1604
obligingly1646
complaisantly1709
allowingly1781
accommodatingly1847
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adverb] > compliantly
conformably1546
pliablya1631
complyingly1655
complaisantly1709
compliantly1818
unprotestingly1851
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 77. ⁋1 Alexander the Great had a wry neck, which made it the fashion in his court to carry their heads on one side..One..carried his head so over complaisantly, that this martial prince gave him..a box on the ear.
1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 290 He saluted me, very complaisantly.
1812 G. Colman Poet. Vagaries 125 Giving themselves, most complaisantly, up To sensuality.
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