Crossword-Solution: DOCILE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Docile | a. | Teachable; easy to teach; docible. |
| Docile | a. | Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| DOCILE | anagram | CLEIDO, COILED |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with DOCILE (5)
Events in Haiti had demonstrated that these Caribbean slaves might not be as docile as previously had been believed.
The ape-man, as unafraid of the mighty Tantor as though he had not just witnessed his shocking murder of a human being, signalled the beast to approach and lift him to its head, and Tantor came as he was bid, docile as a kitten, and hoisted The Killer tenderly aloft.
Not a moment did he give them to recuperate after he had scattered them before he rounded them up once more near the outer gate—but now they were docile and submissive.
Grant me but one glimpse of thine interior, and I am satisfied for ever, remaining henceforth thy docile pupil, thy unemancipable slave, ready to receive all thy teachings and to feed upon the words that fall from thy lips.
Can such things last? Bah! I mock you.” “My brave wife,” returned Defarge, standing before her with his head a little bent, and his hands clasped at his back, like a docile and attentive pupil before his catechist, “I do not question all this.
Quotes with DOCILE (3)
The bond between husband and wife is a strong one. Suppose the man had hunted her out and brought her back. The memory of her acts would still be there, and inevitably, sooner or later, it would be cause for rancor. When there are crises, incidents, a woman should try to overlook them, for better or for worse, and make the bond into something durable. The wounds will remain, with the woman and with the man, when there are crises such as I have described. It is very foolish fo…
There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.
It's always been difficult for me to speak and express my innermost thoughts. I prefer to write. When I sit down and write, words grow very docile, they come and feed out of my hand like little birds, and I can do almost what I want with them; whereas when I try to marshal them in open air, they fly away from me.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NYT, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WSJ.
Used 53 times in crossword archives (1955–2024).