obedient
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- obediently adverb
- overobedient adjective
- overobediently adverb
- preobedient adjective
- preobediently adverb
- quasi-obedient adjective
- quasi-obediently adverb
- superobedient adjective
- superobediently adverb
Etymology
Origin of obedient
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin oboedient- (stem of oboediēns ), present participle of oboedīre to obey; -ent
Example Sentences
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Descriptors such as "intelligent," "obedient," "good with children," "dedicated," "calm," and "cheerful" appeared with similar frequency in both groups.
From Science Daily
Instead, we talk about it day after day after day, learning to be obedient little scientists, as if we’re on a holo loop.
From Literature
“Sometimes we would just punch it and it would work,” says director Yorgos Lanthimos, who relied on more obedient cameras for past films including his Oscar-nominated “Poor Things” and “The Favourite.”
Jon Stewart ended Thursday by hosting a special “government-approved” edition of “The Daily Show,” identifying himself as its “patriotically obedient host.”
From Salon
"I have been obedient all my life, but it was too much," Sister Bernadette said.
From BBC
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