View synonyms for compliable

compliable

[ kuhm-plahy-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

First recorded in 1625–35; comply + -able

Mr. Wheler was taken off,—despair perhaps rendering the man, who had been in opposition futilely before, compliable.

You must send me no more letters: but a compliable one you may send.

Why, my dear, it is possible, that you may be more compliable than you have been.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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