o*bli"ging*ly

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a. Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. [1913 Webster]

Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- Obliging, Kind, Complaisant.

Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one who is obliging performs some actual service, or has the disposition to do so. [1913 Webster] -- O*bli"ging*ly. adv. -- O*bli"ging*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

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