complaisant
inclined or disposed to please; obliging; agreeable or gracious; compliant: the most complaisant child I've ever met.
Origin of complaisant
1Other words from complaisant
- com·plai·sant·ly, adverb
- non·com·plai·sant, adjective
- non·com·plai·sant·ly, adverb
- un·com·plai·sant, adjective
- un·com·plai·sant·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with complaisant
- complacent, complaisant , compliant
Words Nearby complaisant
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How to use complaisant in a sentence
He had received to the peace some complaisant Scots whose lands or dwellings lay on his northward route.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonHere he “found another kind of people” from the complaisant inhabitants of the Isle of Wight.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. HarperI am vastly complaisant, amuse myself in Routes and private parties and play shilling Whist with the most edifying resignation.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonIn, in through the portal King Valdemar strode, Sophia received him in complaisant mode.
He is a Man of Penetration, crafty, complaisant, and capable of great Affairs.
The Memoirs of Charles-Lewis, Baron de Pollnitz, Volume II | Karl Ludwig von Pllnitz
British Dictionary definitions for complaisant
/ (kəmˈpleɪzənt) /
showing a desire to comply or oblige; polite
Origin of complaisant
1Derived forms of complaisant
- complaisantly, adverb
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