compliant
[ kuh m-plahy-uh nt ]
/ kəmˈplaɪ ənt /
adjective
complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.
manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usually used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers.
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Nearby words
complexone, compliable, compliance, compliance officer, compliancy, compliant, complicacy, complicate, complicated, complication, complice
Related forms
Can be confusedcomplacent complaisant compliant
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Yes, I must let myself be compliantly swept further up town.
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British Dictionary definitions for compliantly
compliant
compliable
/ (kəmˈplaɪənt) /
adjective
complying, obliging, or yielding
Derived Formscompliantly or compliably, adverbcompliantness or compliableness, noun
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