as in voluntarily
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Recent Examples of obligingly
Give it a wiggle and the rhinestones obligingly flip right-side up, ready to be picked up.
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Angela Haupt, Time, 19 May 2026
Claude, a large language model (LLM) developed by the company Anthropic, obligingly laid out possible interpretations.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Angela Haupt, Time, 19 May 2026
Claude, a large language model (LLM) developed by the company Anthropic, obligingly laid out possible interpretations.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for obligingly
Adverb
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That’s why people are voluntarily giving them money.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
29 May 2026
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Shi confessed his crimes, voluntarily disclosed details that law enforcement authorities had not yet discovered and showed remorse, CCTV added.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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After her death, the cult’s survivors say Alamo forced his followers to pray over her body to bring about her resurrection, which the Brodericks’ mother gladly did.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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If America pulls back, Russia and unstable Middle Eastern suppliers will gladly fill the void.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
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“Obligingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obligingly. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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