ruly

adjective

Definition of rulynext
as in amiable

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  1. amiable
  2. docile
  3. tractable
  4. obedient
  5. submissive
  6. obliging
  7. deferential
  8. compliant
Adjective
  • For a second, Fauci almost seemed to laugh, and there was a glimpse of the public-health official who had charmed much of the country during the pandemic, with his air of amiable competence.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Lucas and Marina Prior’s Thénardiers are boisterous and charming — more amiable sleazes than menacing scumbags, if that tracks.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 30 July 2026
Definition of amiable
Adjective
  • Where Raphael’s infant Christ is plump, acquiescent, docile, Cassatt’s children squirm, resist, and ignore authority.
    — Carmen Rosenberg-Miller, Artforum, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Even with docile scoring conditions that Saturday, Royal Birkdale yielded plenty of statistical superlatives for the championship.
    — Justin Ray, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of docile
Adjective
  • Anomaly detection, pattern recognition and risk stratification for pregnancy complications are all tractable applications when the underlying data quality is there, and the design keeps a clinician in the decision loop.
    — Edin Deljkic, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • After decades of mathematicians spinning their wheels, the problem suddenly seemed tractable.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 19 May 2026
Definition of tractable
Adjective
  • The native, late summer-blooming obedient plant is a showy addition to your garden.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Aug. 2026
  • This fantasy of the obedient wife becomes Agamemnon’s undoing.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 July 2026
Definition of obedient
Adjective
  • The submissive Colin finds new confidence and enjoys doing assorted things for Ray, but complications arise when Colin begins to want something more emotional.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 June 2026
  • This is a strategy born not of manly strength, but of submissive desperation.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
Definition of submissive
Adjective
  • Adam seems confused by the request, while Ingeborg is perfectly obliging.
    — Josh Slater-Williams, IndieWire, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The weather is obliging, hanging on to a breezy 73 degrees with a light overcast.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of obliging
Adjective
  • The trial attorney was struck by how deferential the judge was to Cohn.
    — Kai Bird, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Biden argued the administration had been too deferential to Wall Street and too cautious about confronting China over intellectual property theft.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
Definition of deferential
Adjective
  • That’s mainly because of financial interests and outdated regulations, experts told STAT, which has now left holes in the IRB system where science that is both legally compliant and ethically dubious can proceed.
    — Angus Chen, STAT, 11 Aug. 2026
  • County and state officials have backed off immediate intervention after finding LAUSD technically compliant with a budget deadline.
    — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of compliant
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“Ruly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ruly. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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