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Definition of docile in English: docileadjective ˈdəʊsʌɪlˈdɑsəl Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. a cheap and docile workforce she's a black Labrador, gentle and docile Example sentencesExamples - Next morning, I joined a walking ride and the cowboys, or wranglers, as they call them here, gave me a very docile horse.
- But those who had the guts to get close say that both the horses are docile and riding them is a wonderful experience.
- It's going to be tough finding a dog as placid and docile as Sue, in fact, I don't think we will ever see the likes of her again.
- Others in the queue were excited primary school children, waiting in a surprisingly docile and patient way.
- It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old.
- While the Greek press is far from docile, it has generally been extremely supportive of the Games.
- They turned to run, but the creatures seemed docile and did not attack.
- They are a very docile animal which in itself favours them to herd owners.
- They look like teddy bears, they are very docile and friendly, don't have escapologist tendencies and are quite small.
- Everyone who has ever been to the city's squares or parks will remember the lovely and docile pigeons.
- She has become more docile and sleepy in her old age, although sometimes she still gets a burst of energy, which is wonderful.
- You can be solitary and courageous, also docile and diplomatic when needed.
- The goats are tiny and docile, and suffer well the pats and pokes of oversugared junior Americans.
- However, Adrian points out that even the most docile, harmless household pet can turn into a monster.
- One of the scientists said that when he fed the chemical to lab rats, they would become completely meek and docile.
- This must have been what happened in England because we became docile servants of the Normans and fought their wars for them.
- If this is not done, those of us who call ourselves citizens will in reality be nothing more than docile instruments in the hands of distant powers.
- Fortunately he turned out to be remarkably docile and highly trained.
- Just about anyone who was not entirely docile and subservient to the ruling ethos could be locked up for life.
- The drive was superb, tight, controllable, plenty of power but docile as a kitten after a big meal when simply pootling along.
Synonyms compliant, obedient, pliant, dutiful, willing, passive, submissive, deferential, tame, meek, mild, lamblike, unassertive, unresisting, yielding, cooperative, amenable, accommodating, biddable, persuadable, ductile, manageable, controllable, tractable, malleable, manipulable, easily manipulated, easily handled, like putty in one's hands informal, dated milky rare persuasible
Derivatives adverbˈdəʊsʌɪlliˈdɑsəlli How docilely these people have lined up to be photographed! Example sentencesExamples - While they docilely accept the demands put forward by the employers, they see their main task as warding off and side-tracking the growth of resistance within the working class.
- I gave a gentle tug to the rope and the dog followed docilely after me.
- I grinned and docilely followed him over to the counter.
- At first, he had docilely complied, but it did not take long before he realized that he had become their favorite toy, and that his ‘supposed debt’ would never be wiped clean.
noun dəʊˈsɪlɪtidɑˈsɪlədi He uses it as an example to describe how modern societies use similar techniques to control behavior and ensure docility. Example sentencesExamples - She carried that sour expression on her face as she went out, considering her promise of docility.
- Do you think that because of the apparent docility of women they are being taken advantage of in certain areas?
- I'm just finishing up a study about how one group of people used overwhelming displays of violence to overawe and terrorize another group into docility and obedience.
- Sheep remind people of such qualities as timidity, docility and gentleness in Chinese as well as Western culture.
Origin Late 15th century (in the sense 'apt or willing to learn'): from Latin docilis, from docere 'teach'. physician from Middle English: The Old English word for a medical doctor was leech (despite popular belief, nothing to do with the worm, but a word meaning ‘a healer’). Physician arrived in the early Middle Ages, and goes back to Greek phusis ‘nature’, the root also of physical (Late Middle English), physics (Late Middle English), and numerous other English words. A doctor (Middle English) was originally not a physician but any learned person able to give an authoritative opinion, especially one of the early Christian theologians. The word started referring specifically to a medical expert at the start of the 15th century. It comes from doctor, the Latin for ‘teacher’, also found in words such as docile (Late Middle English) ‘willing to learn’; document (Late Middle English) ‘official paper, proof’; and doctrine (Late Middle English), originally the action of teaching.
Definition of docile in US English: docileadjectiveˈdäsəlˈdɑsəl Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive. a cheap and docile workforce Example sentencesExamples - The goats are tiny and docile, and suffer well the pats and pokes of oversugared junior Americans.
- They are a very docile animal which in itself favours them to herd owners.
- It was hoped by employers that the new working class would be more docile and amenable than the old.
- It's going to be tough finding a dog as placid and docile as Sue, in fact, I don't think we will ever see the likes of her again.
- If this is not done, those of us who call ourselves citizens will in reality be nothing more than docile instruments in the hands of distant powers.
- The drive was superb, tight, controllable, plenty of power but docile as a kitten after a big meal when simply pootling along.
- While the Greek press is far from docile, it has generally been extremely supportive of the Games.
- They turned to run, but the creatures seemed docile and did not attack.
- Everyone who has ever been to the city's squares or parks will remember the lovely and docile pigeons.
- Next morning, I joined a walking ride and the cowboys, or wranglers, as they call them here, gave me a very docile horse.
- She has become more docile and sleepy in her old age, although sometimes she still gets a burst of energy, which is wonderful.
- But those who had the guts to get close say that both the horses are docile and riding them is a wonderful experience.
- Others in the queue were excited primary school children, waiting in a surprisingly docile and patient way.
- They look like teddy bears, they are very docile and friendly, don't have escapologist tendencies and are quite small.
- Just about anyone who was not entirely docile and subservient to the ruling ethos could be locked up for life.
- Fortunately he turned out to be remarkably docile and highly trained.
- One of the scientists said that when he fed the chemical to lab rats, they would become completely meek and docile.
- This must have been what happened in England because we became docile servants of the Normans and fought their wars for them.
- You can be solitary and courageous, also docile and diplomatic when needed.
- However, Adrian points out that even the most docile, harmless household pet can turn into a monster.
Synonyms compliant, obedient, pliant, dutiful, willing, passive, submissive, deferential, tame, meek, mild, lamblike, unassertive, unresisting, yielding, cooperative, amenable, accommodating, biddable, persuadable, ductile, manageable, controllable, tractable, malleable, manipulable, easily manipulated, easily handled, like putty in one's hands
Origin Late 15th century (in the sense ‘apt or willing to learn’): from Latin docilis, from docere ‘teach’. |