courteous

[Cour·te*ous]

If you are courteous, your good manners show friendliness and concern for others, like your courteous habit of holding the door for people entering a building with you.

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Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.

Adjective
characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world"-Francis Bacon

Adjective S.
exhibiting courtesy and politeness; "a nice gesture"


a.
Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.


Courteous

Cour"te*ous (k?r"t?-?s; 277), a. [OE. cortais, corteis, cortois, rarely corteous, OF. corties, corteis, F. courtois. See Court.] Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
A patient and courteous bearing.
His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous.

Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.

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Usage Examples

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

Have a sense of humor about life - you will need it. And be courteous.

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