disposition to please

disposition to please
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  • amiable — amiable, good natured, obliging, complaisant mean having or manifesting the desire or disposition to please. All may refer either to moods or to temperaments. Amiable usually implies friendliness, affability, or kindliness, qualities that inspire …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • comity — co·mi·ty / kä mə tē, kō / n 1: comity of nations 2: the informal and voluntary recognition by courts of one jurisdiction of the laws and judicial decisions of another – called also judicial comity; compare choice of law …   Law dictionary

  • Complaisance — Com plai*sance (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See {Complaisant}, and cf. {Complacence}.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • equable even-tempered good-tempered placid — Good natured Good na tured, a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked; amiable; cheerful; not taking offense easily; as, too good natured to resent a little criticism; the good natured policeman on our block; the sounds of good natured… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Good-natured — Good na tured, a. Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked; amiable; cheerful; not taking offense easily; as, too good natured to resent a little criticism; the good natured policeman on our block; the sounds of good natured play. Opposite… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • amiable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from Late Latin amicabilis friendly, from Latin amicus friend; akin to Latin amare to love Date: 14th century 1. archaic pleasing, admirable 2. a. genera …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • complaisance — noun Date: 1651 disposition to please or comply ; affability …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • com|pla|cence — «kuhm PLAY suhns», noun. 1. = complacency. (Cf. ↑complacency) 2. Obsolete. disposition to please; pleasantness; complaisance …   Useful english dictionary

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