courteousness

  • 91gallantry — [n] bravery, civility address, attentiveness, audacity, boldness, courage, courageousness, courteousness, courtesy, daring, dauntlessness, deference, derring do*, duty, elegance, fearlessness, graciousness, honor, intrepidity, mettle, nerve,… …

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  • 92ghedh-, ghodh- —     ghedh , ghodh     English meaning: to join, make a bond     Deutsche Übersetzung: “vereinigen, eng connected sein, zusammenpassen”; older “umklammern, fest and zusammenhalten”     Material: O.Ind. gádhya ḥ “ stick firmly “; ü gadhita ḥ “… …

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  • 93courteous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ polite, respectful, and considerate. DERIVATIVES courteously adverb courteousness noun. ORIGIN Old French corteis having manners fit for a royal court …

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  • 94courteously — courteous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ polite, respectful, and considerate. DERIVATIVES courteously adverb courteousness noun. ORIGIN Old French corteis having manners fit for a royal court …

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  • 95courteous — [kʉrt′ē əs] adj. [ME courteis < OFr corteis < court: see COURT & EOUS] polite and gracious; considerate toward others; well mannered SYN. CIVIL courteously adv. courteousness n …

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  • 96courteous — adj. polite, kind, or considerate in manner; well mannered. Derivatives: courteously adv. courteousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF corteis, curteis f. Rmc (as COURT): assim. to words in OUS …

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  • 97discourteousness — noun ( es) : the quality or state of being discourteous : rudeness * * * disˈcourteousness rare. [f. as prec. + ness.] Rudeness, incivility. in Bailey vol. II. [see discourtesy] …

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