Genteel, cultured, civilised, cultivated, polite, civic, civilized "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Not rude marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others Noncivilized, noncivilised, rude, military, uncivil, sidereal Princeton's WordNet Rate these synonyms: 0.0 / 0 votesĪpplying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military Complaisant denotes a disposition to please or favor beyond what politeness would necessarily require.Īccomplished, complaisant, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, gracious, obliging, polished, polite, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-manneredĪwkward, bluff, blunt, boorish, brusk, clownish, coarse, discourteous, ill-behaved, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, insulting, raw, rude, rustic, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly, unpolished, untaught, untutored Polished refers to external elegancies of speech and manner without reference to spirit or purpose as, a polished gentleman or a polished scoundrel cultured refers to a real and high development of mind and soul, of which the external manifestation is the smallest part. Urbane refers to a politeness that is genial and successful in giving others a sense of ease and cheer. Genteel refers to an external elegance, which may be showy and superficial, and the word is thus inferior to polite or courteous. Courtly suggests that which befits a royal court, and is used of external grace and stateliness without reference to the prompting feeling as, the courtly manners of the ambassador. Civil is a colder and more distant word than polite courteous is fuller and richer, dealing often with greater matters, and is used only in the good sense. A man may be civil with no consideration for others, simply because self-respect forbids him to be rude but one who is polite has at least some care for the opinions of others, and if polite in the highest and truest sense, which is coming to be the prevailing one, he cares for the comfort and happiness of others in the smallest matters. A civil person observes such propriety of speech and manner as to avoid being rude one who is polite (literally polished) observes more than the necessary proprieties, conforming to all that is graceful, becoming, and thoughtful in the intercourse of refined society.
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