obliging
adjective
oblig·ing
ə-ˈblī-jiŋ 
: willing to do favors : helpful
obligingly
adverb
obligingness
noun
Examples of obliging in a Sentence
An obliging passerby helped her with her packages.
an obliging concierge used her pull to get us reservations at the town's hottest restaurant
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But on this day’s errand, in the New Pioneer produce aisle, Greenwell could be mistaken for someone a little more quotidian: an obliging, slightly flustered midwestern husband.
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Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Driver and Adelaide Clemens (as Essie) in Hold On to Me Darling
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
Buzzing around McCrane’s many affairs, both personal and professional, is his pathologically obliging and ever-present assistant, Jimmy.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
This is a consequence of complaints about the subservient and obliging female voices of Sky and, earlier, of Siri and Alexa.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Logan, as Wolverine is also known, turns out to be a surprisingly obliging guest, politely observant of his host’s house rules.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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Sarah Thankam Mathews, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2024
Driver and Adelaide Clemens (as Essie) in Hold On to Me Darling
Photo: Julieta Cervantes
Buzzing around McCrane’s many affairs, both personal and professional, is his pathologically obliging and ever-present assistant, Jimmy.
—Christopher Barnard, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
This is a consequence of complaints about the subservient and obliging female voices of Sky and, earlier, of Siri and Alexa.
—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
Logan, as Wolverine is also known, turns out to be a surprisingly obliging guest, politely observant of his host’s house rules.
—Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
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“Obliging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/obliging. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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