obligingness

  • 71-ness — aff. a suffix attached to adjectives and participles, forming abstract nouns denoting quality and state (and often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state): darkness; goodness; obligingness; preparedness • Etymology: ME, OE nes,… …

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  • 72accommodation — ac•com•mo•da•tion [[t]əˌkɒm əˈdeɪ ʃən[/t]] n. 1) the act of accommodating; the state or process of being accommodated; adaptation 2) adjustment of differences; reconciliation 3) soc a process of mutual adaptation between persons or social groups …

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  • 73-ness — a suffix used to form, from adjectives and participles, nouns denoting quality or state (also often, by extension, something exemplifying a quality or state), as in darkness, goodness, kindness, obligingness, preparedness. {Middle English nes(se) …

  • 74accommodation — /əkɒməˈdeɪʃən / (say uhkomuh dayshuhn) noun 1. the act of accommodating. 2. the state or process of being accommodated; adaptation. 3. adjustment of differences; reconciliation. 4. Sociology a process of mutual adaptation between persons or… …

  • 75obliging — /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋ / (say uh bluyjing) adjective 1. disposed to do favours or services, as a person: the clerk was most obliging. 2. that obliges. {oblig(e) + ing2} –obligingly, adverb –obligingness, noun …

  • 76complaisance — [n] agreeableness accommodativeness, acquiescence, compliance, courtesy, deference, friendliness, kindness, obligingness, politeness, respect; concept 633 Ant. antagonism, disagreeableness, discontent, dissatisfaction, obstinancy …

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  • 77goodness — [n] decency, excellence advantage, beneficence, benefit, benevolence, ethicality, friendliness, generosity, good will, grace, graciousness, honesty, honor, humaneness, integrity, kindheartedness, kindliness, kindness, mercy, merit, morality,… …

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  • 78hospitality — [n] neighborliness accommodation, affability, amiability, cheer, companionship, comradeship, consideration, conviviality, cordiality, entertainment, friendliness, generosity, geniality, good cheer, heartiness, hospitableness, obligingness,… …

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  • 79agreeability — noun a temperamental disposition to be agreeable • Syn: ↑agreeableness • Ant: ↑disagreeableness (for: ↑agreeableness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑agreeable, ↑ …

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  • 80agreeableness — noun 1. pleasantness resulting from agreeable conditions a well trained staff saw to the agreeableness of our accommodations he discovered the amenities of reading at an early age • Syn: ↑amenity • Ant: ↑disagreeableness • Derivationally related… …

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