Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a compliant or yielding manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a compliant manner.
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- adverb in a
compliant manner
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Examples
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We no longer approach our health as a passive experience, one where we sit back, allow ourselves to be poked, prodded, examined, receive the verdict, and compliantly go along with whatever the High Priests of Medicine say.
Arianna Huffington: Introducing AOL Healthy Living: More of What You Need to Live a Healthier, Happier Life Arianna Huffington 2011
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* We also saw it with AFSCME president Gerry McEntee compliantly endorsing Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor, despite Emanuel consistently laying waste to organized labor's basic agenda.
David Sirota: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Labor Leaders Destroy Their Own Ability to Influence Democrats David Sirota 2010
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We will no longer compliantly consume such art; we will, at the very least, take notice of the messages such art contains.
Mary Pauline Lowry: Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls Mary Pauline Lowry 2011
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Zambia compliantly took the medicine the IMF prescribed, including severe spending cuts – but these simply drove the country into a deeper and deeper slump, making its debts ever more unsustainable.
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* We also saw it with AFSCME president Gerry McEntee compliantly endorsing Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor, despite Emanuel consistently laying waste to organized labor's basic agenda.
David Sirota: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Labor Leaders Destroy Their Own Ability to Influence Democrats David Sirota 2010
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We no longer approach our health as a passive experience, one where we sit back, allow ourselves to be poked, prodded, examined, receive the verdict, and compliantly go along with whatever the High Priests of Medicine say.
Arianna Huffington: Amicable Breakup: HuffPost's Health Coverage Moves Out of Living Section, Gets Its Own Place Arianna Huffington 2010
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We will no longer compliantly consume such art; we will, at the very least, take notice of the messages such art contains.
Mary Pauline Lowry: Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls Mary Pauline Lowry 2011
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We will no longer compliantly consume such art; we will, at the very least, take notice of the messages such art contains.
Mary Pauline Lowry: Art and Adventure: A Manifesto for Women and Grrrls Mary Pauline Lowry 2011
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* We also saw it with AFSCME president Gerry McEntee compliantly endorsing Rahm Emanuel for Chicago Mayor, despite Emanuel consistently laying waste to organized labor's basic agenda.
David Sirota: Thank You Sir, May I Have Another: Labor Leaders Destroy Their Own Ability to Influence Democrats David Sirota 2010
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Or: he'd take one look at the police, realize the jig was up and I was seriously not someone worth messing with, and he'd clam up, recede into his cowardice, and all-too-compliantly-and-deferentially slink out the door.
A Bite-Sized Piece 2010
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