唯い々い

taru-adjective, adverb taking the 'to' particle

obedient; submissive; tame

Formal or literary term describing a person or attitude that is meekly compliant, often used in the adverbial form 唯々として. Related to the compound 唯々諾々 (いいだくだく).

See also: 唯々諾々

• 彼かれは上じょう司しの命めい令れいに唯い々いとして従したがった。

  He meekly obeyed his boss's orders.

• 唯い々い諾だく々だくと承しょう諾だくするだけでは進しん歩ぽはない。

  There is no progress if you just say yes to everything without question.