Both Uses
obligatory
in
Looking for Alaska
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- I made the obligatory joke: "Don't grab my boob."†
p. 16.1 *obligatory = required
- The Colonel gave an obligatory laugh, then asked, "Want a smoke?"†
p. 16.2
Definitions:
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(1)
(obligatory) required (by rule, law, or expectation)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)