acquiescent

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I am acquiescent, and lean over the railing awaiting the result of investigation.

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  1. adjective Disposed or willing to acquiesce.

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  • ‘I wonder, Mr Terrance, whether we might send for your caretaker?’ Puzzled but acquiescent, the warden touched the bell and sent a servant to find Bull. —  Cold, Lone and Still - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 64
  • He pretended to look pleased and acquiescent, but in his eyes I could detect fury and despair Half an hour after his departure, the King had the drawbridge raised, and then went to inform the Queen of everything Madame," said he, "you have been sleeping in this unfortunate lady's nuptial bed. —  The Entire Memoirs of Madame de Montespan
  • But being acquiescent, going along with something without any real commitment, was simply not Caro. —  Stephanie Laurens - The Ideal Bride
  • Her eyes were blank and acquiescent, like Marilyn had told her they should be.
  • They were too big for her little face; and they made of her a tiny and desirous wraith which nervously endured each incident of life--invariably acquiescent, as a foreigner must necessarily be, to the custom of the country. —  Chivalry
 

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  1. from Latin acquiescen(t-)s, present participle of acquiescere: see acquiesce.
 

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