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obligingly

ADVERB
helpfully
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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

Lear obligingly played therapist, saying he lived in the moment, which really is all any of us can do.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023

If you are then brave enough to tender an invitation, the entity will obligingly possess you while your guffawing friends, smartphones at the ready, gleefully capture its disturbing, sometimes embarrassing behavior.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023

He helped her plan her next summer’s courses and, obligingly enough, tried to plan out the rest of her life for her.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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