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compliable

[kuhm-plahy-uh-buhl] / kəmˈplaɪ ə bəl /


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"So, if we don't get the permits, or if the permits are not acceptable and not compliable, we will have no option but to 'not' go ahead," he said.

From US News

Well, now, Miss Page, it was very disappointmenting for me not to be compliable to your requisition, but I belong to an uplifting club at my school and one of our first and most important relegations is that the mimbers must never do nothing nigrified.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Wheler was taken off,—despair perhaps rendering the man, who had been in opposition futilely before, compliable.

From Project Gutenberg

After the Supper was over, the Count renew'd his Addresses to Isabella, who seem'd a little more compliable, but would not allow him the Fredom he desir'd, which had the usual Consequences of encreasing his Inclinations: It growing late, he carry'd her, to his Chamber, where after some Time, she, was oblig'd to go to Bed with him.

From Project Gutenberg

Why, Miss, I fancy, if you were to shew a compliable temper, your friends would shew a compliable one too.

From Project Gutenberg