Meanings
adverbobligingly (comparative more obligingly, superlative most obligingly)
comparative more obligingly · superlative most obligingly
- In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
Speaker obligingly changed the angle of his cutting.
1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 2521 more example
'I'll see to that for you, Miss Clara,' he said obligingly.
1956 [1880], Johanna Spyri, Heidi, translation of original by Eileen Hall, page 82
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obligingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obligingly
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