English

Adverb

biddably ‎(comparative more biddably, superlative most biddably)

1. In a biddable manner, compliantly.
   • 1940, "This England," Time, 5 August, 1940,

     "Thank God for colonels, thought Mrs. Miniver; sweet creatures, so easily entertained, so biddably diverted from senseless controversy into comfortable monologue: there was nothing in the world so restful as a really good English colonel."

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 18,

     I thanked my host for the uncomfortable night which, but for his kindness, would have been far worse, and biddably leapt from the boat to the scow.