Obediently

/əʊˈbidiɪnt/ If you always do what you’re told, you can be described as obedient. Authority figures love to have obedient followers. When you realize that the word obedient comes from a Latin word meaning “to obey,” it’s easy to remember what obedient means. Use obedient to describe someone who knows the rules, toes the line, and follows instructions. The word can refer to people (an obedient student), a group ( obedient citizens), or even animals (an obedient dog). IXL Comprehensive K-12 personalized learning Rosetta Stone Immersive learning for 25 languages Wyzant Trusted tutors for 300 subjects Education.com 35,000 worksheets, games, and lesson plans TPT Marketplace for millions of educator-created resources ABCya Fun educational games for kids SpanishDict Spanish-English dictionary, translator, and learning Emmersion Fast and accurate language certification Copyright © 2023 Vocabulary.com, Inc., a division of IXL Learning • All Rights Reserved. • Log Out • My Learning • My Proficiency Report • My Profile • Schools & Teachers • My Classes • My SAT Roadmap • My TOEFL Roadmap • My ACT Roadmap • My GRE Roadmap • Assignments & Activities • My Lists • Find a List to Learn... • Create a New List... • My Progress • Words I'm Learning • My Trouble Words • Words I've Mastered • My Achievements • User Administration • User Authentication • My Account

Recent Examples on the Web Shamkhani was replaced with IRGC General Ali Akbar Ahmadian, who analysts say is expected to be more obedient and less ambitious than Shamkhani. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 May 2023 Ballet is a particularly stark example of a broader system that conditions women to be obedient, to suffer for perfection, and never complain about any of it. — Madison Mainwaring, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2023 After a long string of failures and few significant victories, the knives now seem to be out for Russian generals, amid criticism from prominent Russian military correspondents, state television propagandists and even members of the normally obedient parliament. — Natalia Abbakumova, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2022 On Tuesday night, Hollywood Boulevard played host to the red carpet premiere of Disney Pixar’s Turning Red — a coming-of-age tale centered on 13-year-old Mei Lee, a girl torn between being her mother’s obedient daughter and giving into the chaos of her youth. — Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2022 Is success a child who is obedient? — Ariel Levy, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2022 We are taught to be obedient to a fault. — Snigdha Bansal, refinery29.com, 25 May 2021 Women had to be obedient. — The Associated Press, NOLA.com, 29 Sep. 2020 The obedient grandfather did as he was told. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 Sep. 2022 See More These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'obedi...

Think of how often you’re commanded to do, or not to do, things. No parking, no right turn on red, one way, school zone 15 mph. It’s enough to make you want to drive somewhere to get away from it all. Then you get it in your car. Like a spouse, it tells you where to go. “In one mile make a right turn” it says. Oy, not again. But, like the satellite navigation system, an option in Honda’s newest sports sedan, the new TL is not just another Acura. The styling of this car gives little hint about its true nature. Up front a large chrome grille recalls a similar look that’s prevalent on lesser Hondas. Out back, the trunk lid is tailored in a fashion similar to Acura Legends, a model name no longer used. Yet, if any car fits the moniker, it’s the latest TL, a model that declares that Acura has found its way back. Honda’s Acura division was the first Japanese automaker to march up-market in America, fielding a line of cars that reflected their Honda heritage: sporting, tossable, fun-to-drive yet conservatively styled. But as Lexus and Infiniti rose to challenge Acura, it seems they lost their focus. For even though the sporting NSX was introduced, older names like the Legend were supplanted by the softer, Lexus-baiting RL. A nice car, but not the one that some Legend owners were accustomed to. Similarly, the unpopular Vigor was replaced by the equally unpopular TL. Last year’s TL felt like the overgrown Honda it was, and it never really found its niche. Enter the 1999 TL and for ...

It's 1958 in Detroit. We are inside a car factory where numerous Plymouth Fury's are being assembled. Among the rather plain-colored vehicles, one of them stands out: a bright-red one. During the process, this particular red car is being fussed about by one factory worker who has his hand injured when the vehicle's hood comes down on it. Another factory worker takes a seat inside the vehicle; he will be found dead afterwords.Present day, September 16, 1978 in Northern California. Arnie Cunningham (Keith Gordon) is a meek teenager who spends his weekends playing Scrabble with his parents (Christine Belford and Richard Darnell), who still treat him as a child. Arnie and his best friend Dennis Guilder (John Stockwell) are going to their school, as usual. Arnie is clumsy, and his black-rimmed glasses characterize him as being nerdy. Dennis is a football player, who still befriends Arnie and tries to stand up for him.During shop class, Arnie is bullied by several students led by Buddy Repperton (William Ostrander). Dennis tries to stop the bullies, but he can't be all the time checking on weak Arnie. Today, Buddy stamps on Arnie's sack-lunch and also breaks his glasses. When both Arnie and Dennis tell the shop teacher that Buddy had a switchblade in his possession when he teased Arnie, it looks that the only consequence will be bad for Arnie, as Boddy announces he will take his own back pretty soon.Arnie and Dennis start their way back to their homes. Arnie notices a used Plymo...