biddable.

Inclined to do as directed or to accept guidance without much resistance.

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Words that belong together

• a biddable pupil
• a biddable temperament

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The tutor found him biddable until the lessons touched his family.

She had seemed biddable only because their wishes had not yet conflicted.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more biddable; superlative most biddable where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.