sequacious C2+ Topic:Register & Style US /sɪˈkweɪʃəs/ See IPA manual Freq #1036715 Meanings 1 adj Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded. Of all Fire there is none so ductile, so sequacious and obsequious as this of Wrath. 2 adj Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led. See how sequacious these poor creatures are to God their Centurion. 3 adj Following neatly or smoothly. And now, its strings Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes Over delicious surges sink and rise. 4 adj Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction. Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · likely to follow or yield... ductilemalleableplianttractable 2 adj · likely to follow, conform,... attendantcredulousfollowingobedientservilesubservienttractableunoriginal 3 adj · following neatly or smoothly. flowing ↔ Opposites discursiveextensiverambling Word family Derived forms nonsequacioussequaciouslysequaciousnesssequacityunsequacious Etymology Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -ious (adjective-forming suffix). Topics Register & Style External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # sequacious **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /sɪˈkweɪʃəs/ **Frequency rank:** 1036715 ## Meanings 1. Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded. 2. Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led. 3. Following neatly or smoothly. 4. Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction. ## Examples - Of all Fire there is none so ductile, so sequacious and obsequious as this of Wrath. - See how sequacious these poor creatures are to God their Centurion. - And now, its strings Boldlier swept, the long sequacious notes Over delicious surges sink and rise. - Milton was not an extensive or discursive thinker, as Shakespeare was; for the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, and sequacious, like those of the planets. ## Synonyms - ductile - malleable - pliant - tractable - attendant - credulous - following - obedient - servile - subservient - unoriginal - flowing ## Antonyms - discursive - extensive - rambling ## Derived Forms - nonsequacious - sequaciously - sequaciousness - sequacity - unsequacious ## Etymology Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -ious (adjective-forming suffix). ## Topics - Register & Style markdown