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adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

adj. easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

adj. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

submissive, conformable

adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

docile, teachable

adj. ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"

dominated, henpecked

adj. harassed by persistent nagging

browbeaten, bullied, cowed, hangdog, intimidated

adj. frightened into submission or compliance

intimidated

adj. made timid or fearful as by threats

mild, modest, meek

adj. humble in spirit or manner; suggesting retiring mildness or even cowed submissiveness; "meek and self-effacing"

timid

adj. showing fear and lack of confidence

accommodating, accommodative

adj. helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation; "the warden was always accommodating in allowing visitors in"; "made a special effort to be accommodating"

willing, submissive, agreeable, amenable

adj. disposed or willing to comply; "someone amenable to persuasion"

placid, complacent, self-satisfied

adj. contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions; "he had become complacent after years of success"; "his self-satisfied dignity"

yielding, obliging, complying

adj. (compliant)

willing

adj. disposed or inclined toward; "a willing participant"; "willing helpers"

quiet

adj. characterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity; "a quiet life"; "a quiet throng of onlookers"; "quiet peace-loving people"; "the factions remained quiet for almost 10 years"

peaceful

adj. not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; "a peaceful nation"; "peaceful times"; "a far from peaceful Christmas"; "peaceful sleep"

calm, imperturbable

adj. not easily perturbed or excited or upset; marked by extreme calm and composure; "hitherto imperturbable, he now showed signs of alarm"; "an imperturbable self-possession"; "unflappable in a crisis"

docile

adj. willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

submissive, conformable

adj. quick to comply; "I have been to you a true and humble wife, at all times to your will conformable"-Shakespeare

submissive

adj. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

obedient

adj. dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

tractable

adj. easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butler

subdued

adj. quieted and brought under control; "children were subdued and silent"

ductile, malleable

adj. easily influenced

manageable

adj. capable of being managed or controlled

tamable, tameable

adj. capable of being tamed

obstinate, stubborn

adj. tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield

cross-grained, balky, contrarious

adj. difficult to deal with

wild

adj. marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties"

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