OBLIGING
Dictionary entry overview: What does obliging mean? • OBLIGING (adjective)
The adjective OBLIGING has 1 sense:
1. showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Familiarity information: OBLIGING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OBLIGING (adjective)
Meaning:
Showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Synonyms:
complaisant; obliging
Context examples:
to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover / the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave
Similar:
accommodating; accommodative (helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation)
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