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What (who) is obliging - definition
obliging
If you describe someone as obliging, you think that they are willing and eager to be helpful. (OLD-FASHIONED or WRITTEN)
He is an extremely pleasant and obliging man.
= accommodating
ADJ [approval]
• obligingly
He swung round and strode towards the door. Benedict obligingly held it open.
ADV: ADV with v
Obliging
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Oblige.
II. Obliging ·adj Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind.
obliging
a.
Civil, complaisant, kind, considerate, accommodating, courteous, polite, friendly, urbane, affable.
Examples of use of obliging
1. Security Council resolution obliging Tehran to suspend enrichment.
2. American journalists were on hand to ask obliging questions.
3. Charter obliging a public vote if his request was challenged.
4. High point The iced coffee and the obliging staff.
5. Actually, in his theater work, Mozart was a very obliging fellow.