courteous
adjective
having or showing good manners; polite.
courteousness
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a word derived from
courteous.
Example Sentences
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The book is a dance between candor and diplomacy, as Andrews navigates the imperative of honesty with the courteousness that seems to be her governing instinct.”
From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2019
They were two guests who had lived in their shared courteousness for so long that they had mistaken it for affection or warmth.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
Maybe it’s because Christenberry, 78, has never lost the soft Southern accent and courteousness of his youth.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2015
One specific Healy diatribe, the commission said, lacked the patience, dignity and courteousness judges are expected to exercise in their official capacity:
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2014
Father approved of them because they taught the virtues most revered by the people of Zimbabwe: loyalty, bravery, courteousness and reverence for Mwari, the supreme god.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
