accommodating

adjective ac·com·mo·dat·ing

|Updated on: 9 Jul 2018

Examples: accommodating in a Sentence

Definition of accommodating

: willing to please : helpful, obliging

a generous and accommodating host

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accommodatingly

play \-ˌdā-tiŋ-lē\ adverb

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Examples of accommodating in a Sentence

She seems less accommodating to the demands of her boss than she used to be.
an accommodating waiter who readily honored our request to make substitutions in our order

Recent Examples of accommodating from the Web

Into the void left behind by Joan Lee poured many acquaintances seeking a part of her popular and accommodating husband, and holdings his lawyer estimates are worth between $50 million to $70 million.

— Washington Post, "Amid public triumph, private turmoil for Marvel’s Stan Lee," 30 June 2018
We ladyfolk are taught from an early age to be endlessly sweet and accommodating and to put others’ needs before our own.

— anna pulley, RedEye Chicago, "Ask Anna: My married best friend has fallen in love with me," 25 June 2018
For domestic political consumption in the United States the administration was very keen not to be seen as too shocked or too accommodating with the Kim regime.

— Fox News, "North Korea analyst: Trump responded to being disrespected," 25 May 2018
But on his most recent flight with Hawaiian Airlines, airport personnel weren't very accommodating.

— sarah schreiber, Good Housekeeping, "Mom Is Outraged After Airline Tries to Charge a Ridiculous Fee to Help Her Autistic Son," 19 Oct. 2016
In Manhattan, transgender professor Alley Stoughton fought to make Kansas State University more accommodating to trans people, from restroom access to gender listings in the school’s human resources database.

— steve wieberg, kansascity, "‘There’s No Place Like Home’ finds signs of quiet progress for Kansas’ LGBT citizens," 20 June 2018
On this trip, nature’s wonders were especially accommodating.

— paul daugherty, Cincinnati.com, "Paul Daugherty blog: A nickname changes nothing about the community. Good luck, Anderson.," 11 June 2018
Mpg: 17 city, 22 highway, 19 combined Redesigned for 2018, the Ford Expedition is our runaway winner, combining a surprisingly accommodating third row with overall comfort, capability, technology and space in a stylish (if expensive) package.

— chicagotribune.com, "Best of the biggest: 2018 Ford Expedition outdoes Nissan Armada and other full-size SUVs," 24 May 2018
Youngsters don't have school on Saturday, and Legends Day is more accommodating than Carb Day for adults who work Monday through Friday.

— david lindquist, Indianapolis Star, "This Carb Day concert lineup ain't sexy, but you'll probably go anyway," 23 May 2018

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