indocile
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He had a most indocile temperament, rebellious to tradition, in no sense Roman.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Frances Lance Ferrero
The inhabitants were not indocile nor were they wanting in conception; but since they had been blessed with no light without themselves, they groped in the thickest darkness.
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by Charlotte Mary Yonge
In your morbid hypercriticalness, you may wish this indocile, undisguisable, and most unsheltered feature had been made a little longer, or a little shorter, or a little wider, or not quite so wide.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
Aldonza was by no means indocile or incapable.
From The Armourer's Prentices by W.J. Hennessy
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