1 The behaviour of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest.
Gulliver's Travels(V2) By Jonathan SwiftContext Highlight In PART 4: CHAPTER II. 2 He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance.
3 She must not be left to her own complaisance.
4 She had never received from her more than outward attention, nothing beyond the observances of complaisance; had never succeeded in any point which she wanted to carry, against previous inclination.
5 Anne had always felt that she would pretend what was proper on her arrival, but the complaisance of the others was unlooked for.
6 It was not merely complaisance, it must be a liking to the cause, which made him enter warmly into her father and sister's solicitudes on a subject which she thought unworthy to excite them.
7 The magistracy showed a great deal of complaisance in the matter.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—A BIT OF HISTORY 8 Gillenormand, and who mention him with complaisance.
Les Misérables (V3) By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I—NINETY YEARS AND THIRTY-TWO TEETH 9 On the gentlemen's appearing, her colour increased; yet she received them with tolerable ease, and with a propriety of behaviour equally free from any symptom of resentment or any unnecessary complaisance.
10 They were three days on their journey, and Marianne's behaviour as they travelled was a happy specimen of what future complaisance and companionableness to Mrs. Jennings might be expected to be.
11 But the youthful Uncas continued a silent and respectful listener, until Hawkeye, in complaisance, demanded his opinion.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19