complaisantly

adverb

com·​plai·​sant·​ly

kəm-ˈplā-sᵊnt-lē, 

-zᵊnt-;

ˌkäm-plā-ˈzant-, 

-plə-, 

-ˈzänt-

: in a complaisant manner

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