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biddably

biddably adverb: in a biddable manner, compliantly.

Adverb

biddably (comparative more biddably, superlative most biddably)

  1. In a biddable manner, compliantly.
    • "Thank God for colonels, thought Mrs. Miniver; sweet creatures, so easily entertained, so biddably diverted from senseless controversy into comfortable monologue: there was nothing in the world so restful as a really good English colonel."1940 August 5, “This England”, in Time
    • I thanked my host for the uncomfortable night which, but for his kindness, would have been far worse, and biddably leapt from the boat to the scow.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 18, in Klee Wyck

Forms of biddably

comparativemore biddably
superlativemost biddably

Origin of biddably

From biddable + -ly.

Questions about biddably

What does biddably mean?
Biddably means in a biddable manner, compliantly.
What part of speech is biddably?
Biddably is an adverb.

Words near biddably in the dictionary

  1. bidcock
  2. bidcocks
  3. biddability
  4. biddable
  5. biddableness
  6. biddably
  7. biddance
  8. biddances
  9. bidded
  10. biddedst
  11. biddee

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