What part of speech is docile?

Docile can be categorized as an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. docile is an adjective.

Inflections

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • docile 
    more docile
    most docile
  • Positive: docile 
  • Comparative: more docile
  • Superlative: most docile

What does docile mean?

Definitions

Adjective

docile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
docile - ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
docile - easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"

Examples of docile

#   Sentence  
1. adj. The docile masses of an enslaved nation.
2. adj. Docile pupils eager for instruction.
3. adj. A gentle old horse, docile and obedient.
4. adj. The cows looked big and docile.
5. adj. The horse is very docile and is ideal for beginner riders.
6. adj. Tom is docile.
7. adj. Mary's dog is very docile.
8. adj. I love my sheep, they are so docile and nice.
9. adj. The grazing lamb is one that begins to graze well just after weaning. In Kabylia, it is generally called the lamb of the old shepherdess, since it is docile and does not frolic. The Kabyle adjective "aksas" also means beautiful and white.
10. adj. Pet owners sometimes castrate male animals to make them more docile.
Sentence  
adj.
The docile masses of an enslaved nation.
Docile pupils eager for instruction.
A gentle old horse, docile and obedient.
The cows looked big and docile.
The horse is very docile and is ideal for beginner riders.
Tom is docile.
Mary's dog is very docile.
I love my sheep, they are so docile and nice.
The grazing lamb is one that begins to graze well just after weaning. In Kabylia, it is generally called the lamb of the old shepherdess, since it is docile and does not frolic. The Kabyle adjective "aksas" also means beautiful and white.
Pet owners sometimes castrate male animals to make them more docile.

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