civility
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- Observe how Natalie replies to the smallest civility which is offered to her. — Memoirs of Aaron Burr
- After this, the prisoner said, he could never endure her; she was poison to his sight, and the abhorrence he had for her was so great and so strong that he could not treat her with the civility which is due to every indifferent person, much less with that regard which Christianity requires of us towards all who are of the same religion. — Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed
- He needed the passing zoogoers 'civility, the guidebook words. — Gravity's Rainbow
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He earned a sterling reputation among his colleagues for his civility, his honesty and courtesy.
— CNN Transcript Sep 1, 2007 -
He was civil to Don Gomez: but anyone who had taken the trouble to watch and study the conduct and social relations of these two men would have seen that his civility was a forced civility, and that he endured the Spaniard's society under constraint of some kind And now all the world was flocking to Cowes for the regatta, and Lesbia and her chaperon were established on board Mr. Smithson's yacht, the Cayman_; and the captain of the Cayman and all her crew were delivered over to Lesbia to be her slaves and to obey her lightest breath.
— Phantom Fortune, a Novel -
Oh! your civility is the prettiest invention possible for dislike!
— Devereux — Volume 01 - You only show me a sort of civility which is far from giving me satisfaction; you express none of those pretty inquietudes, the concern, and impatience, which are the soul of love; you are no further affected with my passion, than you would be with one which flowed only from the advantage of your fortune, and not from the beauty of your person. " — The Princess of Cleves
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His civility is Italian, such as oftentimes, among his countrymen, has offered a cup of poison to a guest, or insinuated the stab of a stiletto into his heart. "
— Doctor Grimshawe's Secret — a Romance - For the use of the word civility, see ante ii. — Life of Johnson
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Your civility is a false mask.
— Think Progress