complaisantly en · ADV
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English complaisant Middle English -ly English -ly English complaisantly From complaisant + -ly.
Meanings
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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.
1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more complaisantly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most complaisantly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |