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obedient
Part of speech: AdjectiveWilling to do as one is bidden; submissive to authority; dutifully yielding.
Part of speech: AdverbObediently.
Usage examples "obedient":- Good boys are obedient, and you, on the contrary-" " And I never obey." - "The Adventures of Pinocchio", C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini.
- He has generally been very obedient, you say, and therefore his bodily powers have become weaker instead of stronger. - "A Lecture on Physical Development, and its Relations to Mental and Spiritual Development, delivered before the American Institute of Instruction, at their Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting, in Norwich, Conn., August 20, 1858", S.R. Calthrop.
- Obedient, servants to be, p. - "Early English Meals and Manners", Various.