obligingness
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Definition
Noun: * A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others. It refers to a personality trait characterized by a readiness to be helpful, accommodating, and compliant with the wishes or requests of other people.
Usage and Examples
Noun: * Her natural obligingness made her a favorite among her colleagues, as she was always willing to help. * The clerk's obligingness in handling our complicated request was greatly appreciated. * While his obligingness was generally a virtue, sometimes he agreed to too many tasks and became overburdened.
Advanced Usage
- "With obligingness": This adverbial phrase describes an action performed in a helpful and accommodating manner.
- He accepted the extra work with obligingness, despite his own busy schedule.
Variants and Related Words
- Obliging (adjective): Willing to do favors; helpful and accommodating.
- The hotel staff were very obliging and brought extra towels to our room.
- Oblige (verb): To make someone legally or morally bound to do something; or to do as someone asks or desires in order to help or please them.
- The contract obliges the company to complete the work by December.
- Could you oblige me by passing the salt?
Synonyms
- Compliance: The action or fact of complying with a wish or command.
- Accommodatingness: The quality of being eager to help or please.
- Deference: Humble submission and respect.
- Agreeableness: The quality of being pleasant and friendly.
Antonyms
- Stubbornness: The quality of being determined not to change one's attitude or position.
- Obstinacy: The quality of being stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action.
- Inflexibility: Unwillingness to change or compromise.
Noun
- a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others