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Courteous   /kˈərtiəs/   Listen
Courteous

adjective
1.
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness.  Synonyms: gracious, nice.
2.
Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners.





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"Courteous" Quotes from Famous Books



... bringing certain ecclesiastical news. The aid rendered Furtado de Mendoza by Gallinato does not prove sufficient to subdue the Ternatans, and Gallinato returns to Manila. The present installment of Morga ends with the courteous letter written to Acuna by Furtado de Mendoza, in which he renders praise to Gallinato and his men. The remainder of the book will appear in ...
— History of the Philippine Islands Vols 1 and 2 • Antonio de Morga
... latitude, and two of longitude. To this group Captain Cook had given the name of the Friendly Isles, or Archipelago, from the firm alliance and friendship which seemed to subsist among their inhabitants, and from their courteous behaviour to strangers. The same group may perhaps be extended much farther, even down to Boscawen and Keppel's Isles, which were discovered by Captain Wallis, and lie nearly in ...
— Narrative of the Voyages Round The World, • A. Kippis
... time to end the interview. Doctor Vaughan must be ready for the return train, which flew cityward soon, and Celine Leroque must not be too long absent. So there were a few words more about their plans, a few courteous sentences addressed to Hagar by Doctor Vaughan, and then ...
— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch
... I will reckon your wage," invited the don, coldly courteous as to a stranger. "You will excuse me, Senor? I shall ...
— The Gringos • B. M. Bower
... suppliant stranger in the seat of his beloved son was wonderful kind, and extreme courteous. Nay even amongst the gods themselves this distinction is observed; for Neptune, though he came last ...
— Essays and Miscellanies - The Complete Works Volume 3 • Plutarch


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