obliging
adjective
willing or eager to do favors, offer one's services, etc.; accommodating.
obligingness
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a word derived from
obliging.
Example Sentences
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Why, truly, his last will shewed what effect your smooth obligingness had upon him!—To leave the acquired part of his estate from the next heirs, his own sons, to a grandchild; to his youngest grandchild!
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 1 by Samuel Richardson
Men respected his strong, steady character, his high standard, his sound judgment in matters affecting the stable and the race-course; women were attracted by his obligingness and generosity.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Mrs. Alexander
But here the madame's obligingness quite deserts her.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix
My lord is a little officious in his obligingness; which takes off from that graceful, that polite frankness, which so charmingly, on all occasions, distinguishes one happy man, who was then present.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
His compliance will follow as an act of obligingness to you.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
