If someone is docile, he is easily taught or handled. If you suddenly became a trouble maker in class, your teachers would long for the days when you were sweet and docile.
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
Adjective
willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"
Adjective S.
easily handled or managed; "a gentle old horse, docile and obedient"
Adjective S.
ready and willing to be taught; "docile pupils eager for instruction"; "teachable youngsters"
a.
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
a.
Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a
docile child.
Docile
The elephant is at once docible and docile.
Teachable; easy to teach; docible.
Usage Examples
Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.
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Other Usage ExamplesIt is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had.
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