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complaisantly

complaisantly adverb: in a complaisant manner; obligingly.

Adverb

complaisantly (comparative more complaisantly, superlative most complaisantly)

  1. In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
    • One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972

Forms of complaisantly

comparativemore complaisantly
superlativemost complaisantly

Origin of complaisantly

From complaisant + -ly.

Questions about complaisantly

What does complaisantly mean?
Complaisantly means in a complaisant manner; obligingly.
What part of speech is complaisantly?
Complaisantly is an adverb.

Words near complaisantly in the dictionary

  1. complaints
  2. complainy
  3. complaisance
  4. complaisances
  5. complaisant
  6. complaisantly
  7. complaisantness
  8. complaisaunce
  9. complanadine
  10. complanadines
  11. complanar

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