Mischievously nod at my comic gal in an obliging way (15)

I believe the answer is:

accommodatingly

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'in an obliging way' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'mischievously nod at my comic gal' is the wordplay.
'mischievously' is an anagram indicator (I've seen this in other clues).
'nod'+'at'+'my'+'comic'+'gal'='nodatmycomicgal'
'nodatmycomicgal' is an anagram of 'ACCOMMODATINGLY'.

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