A Word A Day — biddable
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- biddable
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- \BID-uh-bul\
- DEFINITION
adjective
1
: easily led, taught, or controlled : docile
2
: capable of being bid
- EXAMPLES
"The twins are well-behaved children, biddable, meek, neat about their clothes, and always mindful of the proprieties they have learned at summer hotels." — From Willa Cather's 1915 novel The Song of the Lark
"The dogs are highly biddable, responding to whistles, hand signals, and during training, a red flag on a long pole." — From an article by Lou Fancher in Contra Costa Times (California), April 12, 2012