Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - obedient
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A person or animal who is obedient does what they are told to do. He was very respectful at home and obedient to his parents... ADJ • obedience ...unquestioning obedience to the law... N-UNCOUNT: oft N to n • obediently He was looking obediently at Keith, waiting for orders. ADV: ADV with v ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oboedient-, oboediens, from present participle of oboedire to obey Date: 13th century submissive to the restraint or command of authority ; willing to obey • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, docile, tractable, amenable mean submissive to the will of another. ~ implies compliance with the demands or requests of one in authority ~ to the government. docile implies a predisposition to submit readily to control or guidance a docile child. tractable suggests having a character that permits easy handling or managing tractable animals. amenable suggests a willingness to yield or to cooperate either because of a desire to be agreeable or because of a natural open-mindedness amenable to new ideas. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 obeying or ready to obey. 2 (often foll. by to) submissive to another's will; dutiful (obedient to the law). Derivatives obediently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L obediens -entis (as OBEY) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. уст. послушный, покорный человек 2. уст. послушник 3. послушный, покорный obedient child —- послушный ребенок your obedient servant —- ваш покорный слуга (в официальном письме) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adj. послушный, покорный; your obedient servant - ваш покорный слуга (в официальном письме) Syn: dutiful, good, well-behaved Ant: mischievous, stubborn ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 12c., from O.Fr. obedient, from L. obedientem (nom. obediens), prp. of oboedire (see obey). ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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