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# civility

«civility» in Mova's school dictionary: **Polite behaviour and good manners towards others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

Polite behaviour and good manners towards others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civility/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a character thanks someone for their great civility

### examples

- She treated us with great civility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civility/#x1)
- Please show some common civility to your guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civility/#x2)
- He answered with civility, even though he was cross. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civility/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «civility» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civility/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.