obligingly C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋli/ UK /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋli/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adv in a helpful and accommodating manner He obligingly carried the heavy bags up the stairs for the elderly tenant. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adv · in a helpful and... helpfullyaccommodatinglycooperativelyagreeablygraciously ↔ Opposites disobliginglygrudgingly Word family Related forms obligeobligingobligingness Etymology AI details From obliging (present participle of oblige, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. obligare Latin ligare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # obligingly **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adv **IPA (US):** /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋli/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈblaɪdʒɪŋli/ ## Meanings 1. in a helpful and accommodating manner ## Examples - He obligingly carried the heavy bags up the stairs for the elderly tenant. ## Synonyms - helpfully - accommodatingly - cooperatively - agreeably - graciously ## Antonyms - disobligingly - grudgingly ## Related Forms - oblige - obliging - obligingness ## Roots and Affixes - Root: obligare - Root: ligare ## Etymology From obliging (present participle of oblige, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. ## AI Etymology Obligingly is from obliging (present participle of oblige, from Latin obligare, 'to bind to') plus the adverbial suffix -ly. Important recorded forms include obligare (Latin) and ligare (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers in a helpful and accommodating manner. The wider family includes related words such as oblige, obliging, and obligingness. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown