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It is a gentle old horse, docile and obedient.docile = easily led or managed
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Under the dictatorship, people are expected to be docile.docile = submissive
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She was promised docile pupils eager for instruction.docile = well-behaved
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The sleddogs are docile and trainable.docile = easily led and managed
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Despite their appearance, they are actually quite docile. (source)docile = easily managed
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And miraculously — inexplicably — the snake slumped to the floor, docile as a thick, black garden hose, its eyes now on Harry. (source)
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Given all the signs that a massacre had been imminent, it seems likely that the commanders had been awaiting instruction on whether or not to carry it out, and had wanted to keep the men docile in case the answer was affirmative. (source)docile = easily led or managed
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From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. (source)docility = tendency to behave
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As the days went by, other dogs came, in crates and at the ends of ropes, some docilely, and some raging and roaring as he had come; (source)docilely = in an easily managed manner
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She had built that business, with all those people working for her, and it dwarfed my father's business, and all the other businesses in the whole town; she, that docile woman, had a power in her the rest of us couldn't contemplate. (source)docile = submissive (easily managed)
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One or two lynchings went a long way toward inducing docility among even a large group of people, for people respond strongly to strong incentives.† (source)
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She was quite sure (or only hopeful) that she wasn't that weak, not that liable to fall docilely into the complacent expectations of parents, friends, and even herself.† (source)docilely = in an easily managed manner
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I did not like to play with Third Wife's daughters, who were as docile and dull as their mother. (source)docile = submissive (easily managed)
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I don't know," he said; his voice had a sound of helpless docility.† (source)
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With much of her energy spent, Paprika went docilely along with the game plan.† (source)docilely = in an easily managed manner
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Aziza watched the proceedings with a docile look. (source)docile = submissive (easily managed)
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