complaisant

com·plai·sant (kəm plā′zənt, -sənt; also käm′plə zant′)

adjective

willing to please; affably agreeable; obliging

Etymology: Fr, prp. of complaire < L complacere: see complacent

com·plai′·santly adverb

modif.

Modifying Another Word

so: Can we really sit back and watch the suffering of a whole nation and be so complaisant?
too: That requires dreaming, making certain institutions permanent, and not being too complaisant.

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