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civil
Part of speech: AdjectivePertaining to the affairs of a city or government; taking place in, or pertaining to, affairs within a nation; as, civil war; of or pertaining to citizens; not military or ecclesiastical; polite; often, barely polite.
Part of speech: AdverbCivilly.
Usage examples "civil":- It's far worse when theyre civil, because that always means that they want you to lend them money; and you must never do that, Hypatia, because they never pay. - "Misalliance", George Bernard Shaw.
- I don't like the idea- it's carrying the Civil Rights Bill too far. - "Phemie Frost's Experiences", Ann S. Stephens.
- But for the lady's warning, Civil would have liked to put away some of them for his mother. - "Granny's Wonderful Chair", Frances Browne.