All 3 Uses
obligatory
in
All the Bright Places, by Niven
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- On Sunday evening, Kate and Decca and I drive to my dad's new house in the more expensive part of town for Weekly Obligatory Family Dinner.†
p. 67.2 *obligatory = required
- And then I type, Obligatory family meals suck, especially when meat and denial are involved.†
p. 75.2
- Right about now, I'm feeling pretty damn good because I got Violet into the car and my dad is headed out of town on business, which means no Obligatory Family Dinner tonight.†
p. 127.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(obligatory) required (by rule, law, or expectation)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)