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[い(言)·い·な·り]
iinari
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[いい(言)·な(成)·り]
iinari
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[い(言)·い·な(成)·り]
iinari
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Root Words:

[い(言)·い + なり]
ii + nari

English Meaning(s) for 言いなり

noun
  1. doing as one is told; yes-man
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Definition and Synonyms for 言いなり

Deference a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
Synonyms: 恭順, 言いなり, 追従, 追従

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Categories 言いなり is a member of

Agreeableness a temperamental disposition to be agreeable
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Sample Sentences for 言いなり

I would rather live by myself than do what he tells me to do.
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He has her under his thumb.
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He echoes his wife in everything.
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He is not the sort of guy who gives in easily.
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He is not the kind of guy who gives in easily.
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