obedient
11obedient — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Latin oboedient , oboediens, from present participle of oboedire to obey Date: 13th century submissive to the restraint or command of authority ; willing to obey • obediently adverb… …
12obedient — [[t]oʊbi͟ːdiənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED A person or animal who is obedient does what they are told to do. He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents... What a sweet, obedient little girl she was in the sixth grade. Ant: disobedient… …
13obedient — adj. obedient to * * * [ə biːdɪənt] obedient to …
14obedient — o|be|di|ent [ ou bidiənt ] adjective * doing what a person, law, or rule says you must do: The soldiers stood at attention disciplined, and obedient. ─ opposite DISOBEDIENT your obedient servant VERY FORMAL used in the past as a way of ending a… …
15obedient — adjective 1 always doing what you are told to do by your parents, by someone in authority etc: an obedient and dutiful child 2 your obedient servant old use used to end a very formal letter opposite disobedient obediently adverb: She obediently… …
16obedient */ — UK [əˈbiːdɪənt] / US [oʊˈbɪdɪənt] adjective doing what a person, law, or rule says that you must do The children stood in a little group disciplined, and obedient. • your obedient servant Derived word: obediently adverb …
17obedient — obediently, adv. /oh bee dee euhnt/, adj. obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son. [1175 1225; ME < OF < L oboedient (s. of oboediens), prp. of oboedire to OBEY; see ENT] Syn. compliant, docile,… …
18obedient — adjective Willing to comply with the , orders, or of those in authority. Jessica was so intensely obedient of her parents that her brother sometimes thought she was a robot. Ant: disobedient, dominant See Also: obedience, obey …
19obedient — adj. Obedient is used with these nouns: ↑child, ↑servant …
20obedient — adj. 1 obeying or ready to obey. 2 (often foll. by to) submissive to another s will; dutiful (obedient to the law). Derivatives: obediently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L obediens entis (as OBEY) …
