civil
/ˈsɪv.əl/ adjective B1- Having to do with people and government office as opposed to the military or religion. · She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.
- Behaving in a reasonable or polite manner; avoiding displays of hostility. · It was very civil of him to stop the argument.· They despise each other, but they are always civil in public.
- Relating to private relations among citizens, as opposed to criminal matters. · a civil case
- Secular.
Comparative civiler · Superlative civilest
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sh!” and the Dormouse sulkily remarked, “If you can’t be civil, you’d better finish the story for yourself.”
It had given him a disgust to his business and to his residence in a small market town; and, quitting them both, he had removed with his family to a house about a mile from Meryton, denominated from that period Lucas Lodge; where he could think with pleasure of his own importance, and, unshackled by business, occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world.
Bennet, with civil self-command, to Miss Lucas.
To the civil inquiries which then poured in, and amongst which she had the pleasure of distinguishing the much superior solicitude of Mr.
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