obligingly

adverb

Definition of obliginglynext
as in voluntarily

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Recent Examples of obligingly With about 500 feet of line out, my fish has obligingly decided to sulk. — Ralph Tuttle, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 Give it a wiggle and the rhinestones obligingly flip right-side up, ready to be picked up. — 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
  1. voluntarily
  2. gladly
Adverb
  • Trump’s yearly average of removing 380,000 migrants forcibly, rather than voluntarily, is lower than Barack Obama’s average of 392,000 annually in his first term.
    — Alec Dent, Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Japanese websites were also voluntarily offline, including systems for daycare centers and video games, the Japanese tech news site ITmedia reported.
    — Kevin Collier, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of voluntarily
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  • Fans rushed the field afterward, and the Vols will gladly pay the SEC fine.
    — Mark Long, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Chargers will gladly play a game where each team gets six possessions.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026
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“Obligingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/obligingly. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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