docile UK /ˈdəʊ.saɪl/US /ˈdɑ.səl/ adjective2 •Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.Harriet certainly was not clever, but she had a sweet, docile, grateful disposition; was totally free from conceit; and only desiring to be guided by any one she looked up to. — 1815 •Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.Such literature may well be anathema to those, who are too docile and petty for their own good. formsdociler · more docile · docilest · most docile