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complaisant - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'complaisant' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Complaisant [ a.]
- Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.

Meaning of 'complaisant' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . complaisant [ s]
Meaning (1):
- showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
Example in sentence:
  • the obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to leave;
  • to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover

Nearby Words:

com- coma comanches comart comate comatose comatous comatula comatulid comb

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