Definition of Obligingness

1. Noun. A disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.


Definition of Obligingness

1. Noun. The quality of being obliging; the tendency to cater for the desires of others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Obligingness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Obligingness

obligators
obligatory
obligatos
oblige
obliged
obliged(p)
obligee
obligees
obligement
obligements
obliger
obligers
obliges
obliging
obligingly
obligingness (current term)
obligingnesses
obligor
obligors
oblimersen
obliquation
oblique
oblique-swimming triplefin
oblique-swimming triplefins
oblique amputation
oblique angle
oblique angles
oblique arch
oblique arches
oblique arytenoid

Literary usage of Obligingness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Retrospective Review by Henry Southern (1822)
"Then she's so obliging, civil, and courteous, as obligingness, civility, and courtesy, seem to be born with her, and it is feared will die and be buried ..."

2. The Musical World (1853)
"And even in the case of questionable, and fifth-rate singers, &c., this ready obligingness, or superficial musical enthusiasm, is too happy to volunteer ..."

3. The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty / by Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1853)
"It shows a willingness to gratify; a spirit of obligingness; and obligingness, spread over the little moments of which the chief part of life is made up, ..."

4. The Religion of the Heart: A Manual of Faith and Duty by Leigh Hunt (1857)
"It shows a willingness to gratify ; a spirit of obligingness ; and obligingness, spread over the little moments of which the chief part of life is made up, ..."

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