obliging Definition
oblig·ing (ə blī′jiŋ, ō-)
adjective
ready to do favors; helpful; courteous; accommodating
obliging Related Forms
oblig′·ingly adverb
obliging Synonyms
obliging
modif.
obliging Usage Examples
Adjective complement with noun phrase
find: Carp Another quite week although the few carp anglers that did fish found the carp surprisingly obliging.
Modifies a noun
- pair: On our way out, a small copse of riverine trees had an obliging pair of White-tailed Blue Flycatchers that saved the afternoon.
- male: Update 18th March Photo Gallery An obliging male Marsh Harrier at Grove Ferry today captured here.
- bird: Fortunately, a more obliging bird showed well the following day.
- staff: Pros: Everything was basically great with very friendly obliging staff.
- man: In fact, either through training or because he is a naturally obliging man, Burland did everything right.
- disposition: The British Journal said he was " a man of very obliging disposition.
Modifying Another Word
- very: Dr. Robinson said: " He was a very obliging turtle.
- quite: These butterflies are quite a challenge to photograph, sometimes you can't get within eight feet and other times they seem quite obliging.
- so: Debbie is so obliging, considerate, caring and amusing.
- particularly: Despite the hot weather, Mike Peers found the bream and tench particularly obliging when he fished peg 68 on the island bank.
- too: She is also too obliging for her own good.
- extremely: A special thanks to Brett Wendorf who was extremely obliging, generous with his time and is an asset to your team.
Used with adjective complement
prove: The males often proved more obliging than the females.
Browse dictionary entries near obliging
- ‹ obligee
- ‹ obliged
- ‹ oblige
- ‹ obligatory
- ‹ obligation, mutuality of
- ‹ obligation
- ‹ obligate
- ‹ oblation
- ‹ oblate
- ‹ oblast
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- oblique angle ›
- obliquely ›
- obliquity ›
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- oblivion ›
- oblivious ›

