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# civilly

«civilly» in Mova's school dictionary: **In a polite, respectful way; to speak civilly is to be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (civilly, more civilly)

### meaning for a pupil

In a polite, respectful way; to speak civilly is to be well-mannered, even when cross or when in charge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, shows how one character speaks to another, such as an ogre, a king or a lepracaun; a way of speaking, not a number

### examples

- «Speak to me more civilly,» he said. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilly/#x1)
- The Ogre received him civilly and made him sit down. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilly/#x2)
- Please answer me civilly, not rudely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/civilly/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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