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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
obliging \o*bli"ging\ ([-o]*bl[imac]"j[i^]ng), a.
Putting under obligation; disposed to oblige or do favors;
hence, helpful; civil; kind.
[1913 Webster]
Mons. Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very
obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them.
--Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Civil; complaisant; courteous; kind, -- {Obliging},
{Kind}, {Complaisant}.
Usage: One is kind who desires to see others happy; one is
complaisant who endeavors to make them so in social
intercourse by attentions calculated to please; one
who is obliging performs some actual service, or has
the disposition to do so.
[1913 Webster] -- {O*bli"ging*ly}. adv. --
{O*bli"ging*ness}, n.
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