obligingly
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A line was provided, obligingly but obviously unnecessarily, for Lombardo’s signature.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
With this intimate, painful epiphany, the show’s larger parable about obligingly submitting to ahistorical ignorance is blunted with a spiritually benevolent ideal.
From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026
Gomina, still in his nightshirt, wanted to go to his office to change into uniform, and Tigri obligingly offered an escort.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
In front of them, as they posed obligingly on the platform of Sarajevo station, stood a clutch of photographers snapping away.
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2024
He shed his traveling coat, which Aunt Kate took obligingly and folded over her arm.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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