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Respectful and considerate in nature

Characterized by obedience, subservience, or readiness to accept instruction or direction

Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity

Showing great adoration or idolization of someone or something

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

Feeling or showing appreciation for something or someone

Having or showing a considerate nature

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Adjective

Respectful and considerate in nature

well brought up

well-brought-up

good-humoured^UK

good-humored^US

well brought-up

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“In sharp contrast to many of his rivals, he had a modest and deferential manner.”

Adjective

Characterized by obedience, subservience, or readiness to accept instruction or direction

easily influenced

easily manipulated

under the thumb

under one's thumb

at beck and call

well disciplined

in one's pocket

in one's clutches

easily persuaded

self-deprecatory

self-deprecating

wrapped around finger

non-confrontational

like putty in your hands

with the patience of Job

easily taken advantage of

able to be influenced

easily deceived

easily taken in

readily taken advantage of

led by the nose

tied to someone's apron strings

subjected to nagging

under someone's heel

treated like dirt

without a mind of one's own

in fear of one's partner

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Adjective

Which attempts to bring oneself into the favour of another, often with flattery or insincerity

bowing and scraping

apple-polishing

forelock-tugging

excessively deferential

over-enthusiastic

laid on with a trowel

all over someone

highly favourable

overenthusiastic

over-appreciative

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Adjective

Showing great adoration or idolization of someone or something

hero-worshipping

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Adjective

Marked by or showing careful attention to set forms and etiquette

overconscientious

self-respecting

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Adjective

Feeling or showing appreciation for something or someone

Adjective

Having or showing a considerate nature

well intentioned

heart in right place

philanthropical

good-humored^US

good-humoured^UK

public-spirited

self-sacrificing

sympathizing^US

sympathising^UK

loving and giving

socially concerned

generous to a fault

culturally sensitive

having heart in right place

eager to please

well-intentioned

self-forgetting

willing to please

favourably disposed

socially conscious

hail-fellow-well-met

non-judgemental

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