obedient
adjective
obe·di·ent
ō-ˈbē-dē-ənt 
ə-
: submissive to the restraint or command of authority : willing to obey
an obedient child
an obedient dog
obedient to those whom he feared—
A. N. Wilson
A. N. Wilson
obediently
adverb
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that boy is so obedient that he does everything the first time he is asked
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Feeding into Milioti’s volatile performance, her costumes chart a journey from obedient heiress to homicidal mob boss, culminating in her violent retribution against Oz in the show’s penultimate episode.
—Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.
—Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
In this election year, there is nothing more slavishly obedient than indifference.
—Robert Repino, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
Most Christians view these verses as anachronistic and subject to historical context, much like other Biblical passages on stoning adulterers to death and ordering slaves to be obedient to their masters.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Gavia Baker-Whitelaw, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2024
Even so, our exercises did not suggest that any authoritarian would command a uniformly obedient federal workforce.
—Barton Gellman, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
In this election year, there is nothing more slavishly obedient than indifference.
—Robert Repino, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
Most Christians view these verses as anachronistic and subject to historical context, much like other Biblical passages on stoning adulterers to death and ordering slaves to be obedient to their masters.
—Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
See all Example Sentences for obedient
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“Obedient.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obedient. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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