obliging
3
4.1
- adjective
- /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ/
:
servicial
- It was obliging of her to help her neighbor with the grocery shopping.
- so obliging
- very obliging
- most obliging
Examples
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Shelby's a very obliging fellow.
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A true lady is modest, discreet, kind and obliging.
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How very obliging of you.
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- He is so obliging.
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That's very obliging of you, sir.
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Sir Humphrey was very kind and most obliging.
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I am so glad the house, furniture, and roads are all to your taste and that Lady Catherine's behavior is friendly and obliging.
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All the clichés are true: everything is so neat and efficient, the people are so polite and obliging, and the buildings are beautiful.
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Uncle Nestor, the youngest and most obliging of Aunt Titi and Senora Milagros's brothers, made the arrangements for the hired car and drove them to the airport.
Fiction book (1997) -
The staff at the hotel were very obliging, making sure we were comfortable during our stay.
Synonyms
17
4.8
Willing to help others and change plans for them
8
8.1
Caring and worried about someone and ready to help
1
8.3
Willing to please other people by being polite and doing what they ask
Antonyms
How Helpful
3
4.1
17
4.8
689
1.0
68
2.5
17
3.0
46
4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Obliging comes from Latin parts ob- ('to') and ligare ('to bind'), so it originally meant being 'bound' to help someone. Think of being 'bound' to help — the same idea is in obligation — and that's why obliging means willing and eager to help.