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1. (adj.) courteous
having or showing good manners; polite.
Etymology: (1225–75; ME co(u)rteis < AF (see court , -ese ); suffix later conformed to -eous)
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1. (adj) courteous, gracious, nice
exhibiting courtesy and politeness
"a nice gesture"
2. (adj) courteous
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
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1. (adjective) courteous
≠discourteous
She courteously allowed him to pass.
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1. (adj) courteous
of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or expressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant
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Sense: polite; considerate and respectful
It was courteous of him to write a letter of thanks.
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 Afrikaans: hoflik, beleefd |
 Arabic: لَطيف، أنيس، مُجامِل |
 Bulgarian: учтив |
 Brazilian: cortês |
 Czech: zdvořilý |
 German: höflich |
 Danish: høflig; velopdragen |
 Greek: ευγενικός |
 Spanish: amable, educado, cortés |
 Estonian: peenekombeline |
 Farsi: مودب؛ مبادی آداب |
 Finnish: kohtelias |
 French: poli |
 Hebrew: מְנוּמָס |
 Hindi: विनीत |
 Croatian: ljubazan |
 Hungarian: udvarias |
 Indonesian: sopan |
 Icelandic: kurteis, háttprúður |
 Italian: cortese |
 Japanese: 礼儀正しい |
 Korean: 예의 바른, 정중한 |
 Lithuanian: mandagus, pagarbus |
 Latvian: pieklājīgs; laipns |
 Malay: sopan |
 Dutch: beleefd |
 Norwegian: høflig, dannet |
 Polish: uprzejmy |
 Persian: مودب؛ مبادی آداب |
 Pashto: با ادب |
 Portuguese: delicado |
 Romanian: politicos |
 Russian: любезный |
 Slovak: zdvorilý |
 Slovenian: vljuden; spoštljiv |
 Serbian: učtiv |
 Swedish: artig, hövlig |
 Thai: สุภาพนอบน้อม |
 Turkish: kibar, nazik |
 Taiwanese: 有禮貌的，體貼且尊重的 |
 Ukrainian: ввічливий, чемний |
 Urdu: خوش اخلاق، مهذب، متواضع |
 Vietnamese: lịch sự |
 Chinese: 有礼貌的，彬彬有礼的 |
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