Definitions for obliging
əˈblaɪ dʒɪŋoblig·ing

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complaisant, obligingadjective

   showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

   "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"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. obligingadjective

   Happy and ready to do favours for others.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obligingpart. adj.

   Civil; complaisant; respectful; engaging.

   Etymology: obligeant, Fr. from oblige.

   Nothing could be more obliging and respectful than the lion’s letter was, in appearance; but there was death in the true intent. Roger L'Estrange, Fab. 54.

   Monseigneur Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison.

   Obliging creatures! make me see
   All that disgrac’d my betters, met in me. Alexander Pope.

   So obliging that he ne’er oblig’d. Alexander Pope.

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1. obliging

   Obliging refers to being willing or eager to help, accommodate, or do favors for others. It describes an individual who is helpful and cooperative, often going out of their way to assist or make things easier for others.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Obliging

   of Oblige

2. Obligingadjective

   putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of obliging in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of obliging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of obliging in a Sentence

1. Bitch Flicks:

   Ideologically, 'Pretty Woman' is a love song to consumerism and capitalism, 'Pretty Woman' depicts a world where everyone is either a card-carrying member of the corporate caste or an obliging subordinate ... It is obsessed with things (hotel suites, private jets, fancy clothes) and encourages the audience to share its obsession with things.

2. Karl Kraus:

   What torture, this life in society! Often someone is obliging enough to offer me a light, and in order to oblige him I have to fish a cigarette out of my pocket.

3. Sir George Savile:

   In your clothes avoid too much gaudiness do not value yourself upon an embroidered gown and remember that a reasonable word, or an obliging look, will gain you more respect than all your fine trappings.

4. George Eliot:

   Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=obliging
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Obliging
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=obliging
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obliging