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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuh m-plahy-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈplaɪ ənt |
Définition of compliant
Origin :- 1640s, from comply + -ant.
- adj obedient
- She is easy, good-natured, and compliant about everything but her sleep.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 450 » by Various
- Shall we ever subdue her and make her always submissive and compliant?
- Extract from : « Bonaventure » by George Washington Cable
- By his social and compliant temper he was calculated for general society.
- Extract from : « The History of Dartmouth College » by Baxter Perry Smith
- We have been only too compliant to papa's wishes about that woman.
- Extract from : « Sandra Belloni, Complete » by George Meredith
- She was happy and serene, compliant with whatever was proposed.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old San Francisco » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
- As for the Cheapside maid, first I will try wooing; she may be compliant of her own accord.
- Extract from : « Captain Ravenshaw » by Robert Neilson Stephens
- In Rugova it will find a genteel, compliant, respectable and submissive partner.
- Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
- For on the back of that compliant Measure, unseen, there rides a Principle.
- Extract from : « The Trial of Theodore Parker » by Theodore Parker
- My dear, you would not find him compliant if you wished to marry a man he did not approve of.
- Extract from : « Harding of Allenwood » by Harold Bindloss
- His look and tone were as abrupt as it was in his nature, which was soft and compliant, to make them.
- Extract from : « A Gentleman of France » by Stanley Weyman
Antonyms for compliant
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