obedient
Origin of obedient
1Other words for obedient
Opposites for obedient
Other words from obedient
- o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb
- o·ver·o·be·di·ent, adjective
- o·ver·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb
- pre·o·be·di·ent, adjective
- pre·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb
- qua·si-o·be·di·ent, adjective
- qua·si-o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb
- su·per·o·be·di·ent, adjective
- su·per·o·be·di·ent·ly, adverb
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How to use obedient in a sentence
The sisters followed obediently, despite heavy costs and dramatic upheaval.
The Week’s Best Longreads: The Daily Beast Picks for July 27, 2012 | David Sessions | July 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTSo I obediently put on my mask and adjusted the small metal strip across the bridge of my nose.
She followed him obediently, keeping close to his side, and they locked the kitchen door behind them.
The Empty House And Other Ghost Stories | Algernon BlackwoodIsabel screamed and ran into the middle of the street, and Gwynne, who had obediently taken out his pistol, half raised it.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonJohnny the Itch fingered away sweat that rolled down from under his fedora and nodded obediently.
I hung to the reins as best I could, twisting them about my wrist, and the horse started obediently forward.
The Idyl of Twin Fires | Walter Prichard EatonThe girl had tamed her father, Van Tromp had gone obediently to bed: so much was obvious to the watcher in the road.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for obedient
/ (əˈbiːdɪənt) /
obeying or willing to obey
Origin of obedient
1Derived forms of obedient
- obediently, adverb
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