English-Thai Dictionary

civility

N ความสุภาพ  polieness kwam-su-phab

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CIVILITY

n. 1. The state of being civilized; refinement of manners; applied to nations; as distinguished from the rudeness of barbarous nations.
2. Good breeding; politeness; complaisance; courtesy; decorum of behavior in the treatment of others, accompanied with kind offices, and attention to their wants and desires. Civility respects manners or external deportment, and in the plural, civilities denote acts of politeness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CIVILITY

Ci *vil "i *ty, n.; pl. Civilities. Etym: [L. civilitas: cf. F.civilité. See Civil. ]

 

1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs. ] Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. Sir J. Davies.The gradual depature of all deeper signification from the word civility has obliged the creation of another word -- civilization. Trench.

 

2. A civil office, or a civil process [Obs. ] To serve in a civility. Latimer.

 

3. Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression. The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield. The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.

 

Syn. -- Urbanity; affability; complaisance.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

civility

ci vil i ty |səˈvilətē səˈvɪlədi | ▶noun ( pl. civilities ) formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech: I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect. • (civilities ) polite remarks used in formal conversation: she was exchanging civilities with his mother. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis ‘relating to citizens ’ (see civil ). In early use the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behavior. The sense ‘politeness ’ arose in the mid 16th cent.

 

Oxford Dictionary

civility

ci ¦vil |ity |sɪˈvɪlɪti | ▶noun ( pl. civilities ) [ mass noun ] formal politeness and courtesy in behaviour or speech: I hope we can treat each other with civility and respect. • (civilities ) polite remarks used in formal conversation: she was exchanging civilities with his mother. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French civilite, from Latin civilitas, from civilis ‘relating to citizens ’ (see civil ). In early use the term denoted the state of being a citizen and hence good citizenship or orderly behaviour. The sense ‘politeness ’ arose in the mid 16th cent.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

civility

civility noun 1 he treated me with civility: courtesy, courteousness, politeness, good manners, graciousness, consideration, respect, politesse, comity. ANTONYMS disrespect, rudeness. 2 she didn't waste time on civilities: polite remark, politeness, courtesy; formality.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

civility

civility noun 1 he treated me with the utmost civility: courtesy, courteousness, politeness, good manners, mannerliness, gentlemanliness, chivalry, gallantry, graciousness, consideration, respect, gentility; urbanity, cordiality, geniality, pleasantness, affability; French politesse; rare comity. ANTONYMS discourtesy, rudeness. 2 she didn't waste time on civilities: polite remark, politeness, courtesy; formality.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

civility

ci vil i ty /səvɪ́ləti /名詞 複 -ties U 丁重, 礼儀正しさ, 親切 ; C 〖通例 -ties 〗丁重な [礼儀正しい, 親切な ]言動 ▸ exchange civilities 丁寧なあいさつをかわす