Dwarf at French Island ends lobotomy in compliant manner (8)
I believe the answer is:
docilely
'dwarf at french island ends lobotomy in compliant manner' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'dwarf at french island ends lobotomy' is the wordplay.
'dwarf' becomes 'doc' (dwarf in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'french island' becomes 'ile' ('island' in French).
'ends' suggests removing the centre.
'lobotomy' with its centre removed is 'ly'.
'doc'+'ile'+'ly'='DOCILELY'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for docilely that I've seen is " Meekly".)