Example Sentences

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I am glad the United States has shown the world how she treats people of that kind, whom we too often complaisantly ignore.

From Time Magazine Archive

It's all Japanese,' she said complaisantly, turning back to her sister.

From Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

In complaisant and complaisantly, the accent is also on the first syllable.

From Every-Day Errors of Speech by Meredith, L. P.

The Burman curled himself up on the floor and smiled complaisantly.

From The Pointing Man A Burmese Mystery by Douie, Marjorie

O you flatterer!" laught the old woman: "but your darling chin that comes forward so complaisantly, and is so ready to wait upon you and spread itself out like a table.

From The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck by Tieck, Ludwig