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obligingness


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Obliging  \O*bli"ging\,  a. 
  Putting  under  obligation;  disposed  to  oblige  or  do  favors; 
  hence  helpful;  civil;  kind 
 
  Mons.Strozzi  has  many  curiosities,  and  is  very  obliging 
  to  a  stranger  who  desires  the  sight  of  them  --Addison. 
 
  Syn:  Civil;  complaisant;  courteous;  kind  --  {Obliging}, 
  {Kind},  {Complaisant}. 
 
  Usage:  One  is  kind  who  desires  to  see  others  happy;  one  is 
  complaisant  who  endeavors  to  make  them  so  in  social 
  intercourse  by  attentions  calculated  to  please;  one 
  who  is  obliging  performs  some  actual  service,  or  has 
  the  disposition  to  do  so  --  {O*bli"ging*ly}.  adv  -- 
  {O*bli"ging*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  obligingness 
  n  :  a  disposition  or  tendency  to  yield  to  the  will  of  others 
  [syn:  {complaisance},  {compliance},  {compliancy},  {deference}] 




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