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obediently

/oh-bee-dee-uhnt/US // oʊˈbi di ənt //UK // (əˈbiːdɪənt) //

顺从地,服从地,顺服地,乖乖地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.

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Examples

  • The sisters followed obediently, despite heavy costs and dramatic upheaval.

  • So I obediently put on my mask and adjusted the small metal strip across the bridge of my nose.

  • She followed him obediently, keeping close to his side, and they locked the kitchen door behind them.

  • Isabel screamed and ran into the middle of the street, and Gwynne, who had obediently taken out his pistol, half raised it.

  • Johnny the Itch fingered away sweat that rolled down from under his fedora and nodded obediently.

  • I hung to the reins as best I could, twisting them about my wrist, and the horse started obediently forward.

  • The girl had tamed her father, Van Tromp had gone obediently to bed: so much was obvious to the watcher in the road.