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obligingly

ADVERB
helpfully
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A hero obligingly appears in the shape of Charlie Wells, valet to one of the aristocratic guests visiting Marlecombe Park.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

SpaceX appealed to the 5th Circuit Court, which obligingly ordered the case returned to Texas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2024

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

I primped it up and obligingly dipped and pivoted my head.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu




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