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adjective
1.
easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
2.
readily trained or taught; teachable.
Related forms
doc·ile·ly, adverb
Synonyms
1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
1. manageable, malleable; obedient.
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Docility
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
Example Sentences
- She is tired of patience and gentleness and docility.
- Submissive behavior is also pronounced in dogs, but dogs more readily transfer their docility to other humans.
- They breed for docility and production, not cold-hardiness.
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