eager to please

In person he’s ingratiating, charming, eager to please.

As Serpell put it, the dogs are almost always eager to please their owners — they just need guidelines on how to do so.

Likable without being eager to please, thrilling without shameless dazzle, it is, like Ax, enjoyable simply because it’s excellent.

Eager to please the president, Joseph Whipple located Ona in a matter of hours.

But the Americans should also not expect Mr Xi to be arriving hat in hand and eager to please.