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[ uh-blahy-jing ] / əˈblaɪ dʒɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR obliging ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewilling or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating: The clerk was most obliging. obligating. Origin of obligingFirst recorded in 1630–40; oblige + -ing2 SYNONYMS FOR obliging1 helpful, kind, friendly. SEE SYNONYMS FOR obliging ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM obligingo·blig·ing·ly, adverbo·blig·ing·ness, nounun·o·blig·ing, adjectiveWords nearby obligingobligato, obligatory, oblige, obligee, obligement, obliging, obligor, oblique, oblique angle, oblique circular cone, oblique circular cylinder Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obligingEver obliging, Springsteen then flexed all the right things on a paddle board. Bruce Springsteen’s Bond Moment: The Boss’ Body Beautiful at 64|Tim Teeman|July 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Brown expressed the hope that the obliging spirit of the brunch would somehow infuse Washington as a whole. John Kerry vs. Bob Woodward|Lloyd Grove|January 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST The obliging staff plugged the word “dog” into their computers and all the official citations came whirring out. The Lighter Side of Islam|Neil MacFarquhar|May 6, 2009|DAILY BEAST These "little brown men" are industrious, patient, cheerful, obliging. American Missionary, Volume 43, No. 4, April, 1889|Various
We found an old, but obliging, Roman Catholic in possession of the premises, once so bravely defended by their patriotic owner. The Vaudois of Piedmont|John Napper Worsfold He was a lad of superior organization, and so, although obedient and obliging, had an extreme distaste for drudgery. Cleveland Past and Present|Maurice Joblin He preferred to be alone, but he was of an obliging disposition, and he knew that there were two berths in the stateroom. Driven From Home|Horatio Alger Just at this juncture the obliging trout come into season, and best of all, are ravenously hungry. Three Hundred Things a Bright Boy Can Do|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for obliging
adjectiveready to do favours; agreeable; kindly Derived forms of obligingobligingly, adverbobligingness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obligingwilling, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, cheerful, civil, complaisant, considerate, cooperative, courteous, easy, easygoing, good-humored, good-natured, hospitable, kind, lenient, mild, polite |