compliable

[ kuhm-plahy-uh-buhl ]

adjective

, Archaic.

1. compliant.

Other Words From

• com·plia·ble·ness noun
• com·plia·bly adverb
• uncom·plia·ble adjective
• uncom·plia·ble·ness noun
• uncom·plia·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of compliable¹

First recorded in 1625–35; comply + -able

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

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

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