obligingly

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English

Etymology

obliging +‎ -ly

Adverb

obligingly (comparative more obligingly, superlative most obligingly)

  1. In an obliging manner; so as to oblige another; as a favour to another.
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    • 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 252:
      Speaker obligingly changed the angle of his cutting.
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