Obediently

obedient (əˈbiːdɪənt)

—*adj*
	obeying or willing to obey

[C13: from Old French, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedīre to obey]

o'bediently

—*adv*

obedient (əˈbiːdɪənt)

—*adj*
	obeying or willing to obey

[C13: from Old French, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedīre to obey]

o'bediently

—*adv*

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obedient

early 13c., from O.Fr. obedient (11c.), from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire "to obey" (see obey).

Example sentences

She obediently collapses onto it, resting her chin on his knee while staring up

at him with blind adoration.

The roach creeps obediently into the burrow and sits there quietly, while the

wasp plugs up the burrow with pebbles.

Most parents obediently sign up-but often they are able to pay for only one or

two, so they have to make a choice.

Obediently, magically, he will have pressed the weapon to his head.

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"We need to nurture uniqueness and independence.... Ours must be schools for ego- strength—the child's ego, not the teacher's. "You can do it!" has to be the teacher's consistent, over-and-over steady slogan: "You can hang up your own coat...." "You can pour your own juice...." "You can climb to the top...." "You can figure it out." We have no stake in schools where children learn to color within the lines. No stake in pushing for unnecessary conformity, no stake in children submerging themselves in the group, no stake in everlasting lessons in obediently following the directions."

-James L. Hymes, Jr.