All 6 Uses of
compliance
in
Moby Dick
- This being told to Queequeg, he at once complied, and again politely motioned me to get into bed—rolling over to one side as much as to say—I won't touch a leg of ye."†
Chpt 1-3
- He complied, and then proceeded to wash himself.†
Chpt 4-6 *
- By certain signs and symptoms, I thought he seemed anxious for me to join him; but well knowing what was to follow, I deliberated a moment whether, in case he invited me, I would comply or otherwise.†
Chpt 10-12
- He gladly complied.†
Chpt 10-12
- In compliance with the standing order of his commander—to report immediately, and at any one of the twenty-four hours, any decided change in the affairs of the deck,—Starbuck had no sooner trimmed the yards to the breeze—however reluctantly and gloomily,—than he mechanically went below to apprise Captain Ahab of the circumstance.†
Chpt 121-123
- Not this hand complies with my humor more genially than that boy.†
Chpt 127-129
Definition:
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(compliance) to conform to rules or the wishes of others