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adjective

complaisant

showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others

In a sentence

Six example sentences with complaisant, each labelled with its topic.

  • The complaisant landlady found us a spare umbrella, a bus timetable and a dentist, all before breakfast.

    Travel

  • Our complaisant supplier reprints labels overnight whenever we change a claim, and never once mentions the extra cost.

    Business

  • The complaisant baker will swap any filling you ask for and still hand the box over with a smile.

    Cooking

  • The complaisant butler in the novel produces whatever the guests ask for, from a chess set to a midnight omelette.

    Literature

  • The complaisant hotel concierge in the film fixes tickets, taxis and a lost passport without once losing his smile.

    Movies

  • The complaisant aide fetched coffee, rearranged schedules and never once told the senator a request was impossible.

    Politics

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