Complaisantly
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
"One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances."
Example
More examples"One thing she still would not allow was that horrible erotic act which was a commonplace of American and European films, but she took complaisantly enough now to his other husbandly advances."
Etymology
From complaisant + -ly.
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