[ adj ] dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority <adj.all> an obedient soldierobedient children a little man obedient to his wife the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened
Obedient \O*be"di*ent\, a. [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis. p. pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See {Obey}.] Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command.
And floating straight, obedient to the stream. --Shak.
The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. --Pope.
Syn: Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.
Mr Mncwango insists the ANC stole it from the IFP. The crowd was large and obedient, a reflection of the disciplined Inkatha party machine which is spewing out election posters by the thousands.
Until Mr Tapie joined the MRG last year and effectively took it over, it was an obedient - because not very successful - ally of the Socialists.
He said an "aggressively obedient majority" in the parliament had elected a "Brezhnev-Stalin Supreme Soviet."
The government proved obedient at heeding the advice of IMF technicians to attempt to balance the nation's books at the expense of providing stimuli for growth.
But the communist party became a minority party in the Sejm for the first time, holding only 173 seats and thus depending on its previously obedient allies for a majority.
"We want to see the armed forces dedicated to their professional duties, disciplined, obedient, recovering the respect of all their countrymen," Aylwin said.
Some people apparently don't like it if Russia ceases to be an obedient executor of western decisions and tries to play solo in the diplomatic orchestra.' This kind of overt popular nationalism is rare these days.
Maybe by the end of the year." Except for one unruly mynah bird who whistled catcalls, the pets who lined the pews at an annual animal-blessing church service were obedient.
The elementary students are lively and enthusiastic, in no way obedient robots meekly memorizing trivia.