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# courteous

«courteous» in Mova's school dictionary: **Polite, kind and showing respect for others** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (courteous, more courteous, most courteous); noun courtesy

### meaning for a pupil

Polite, kind and showing respect for others. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and manners: be courteous to bus drivers, shop staff and visitors. Formal and exam voice: «a courteous reply». In stories: a courteous knight. Phrases: courteous manner, courteous service.

### examples

- The shopkeeper was courteous and helpful. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x1)
- Always be courteous to your guests. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x2)
- He gave a courteous reply to the rude letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x3)
- The courteous knight bowed to the queen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x4)
- Holding the door open is a courteous thing to do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x5)
- Our tour guide was friendly and courteous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x6)
- For he was clever, honest, courteous, and witty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteous/#x7)

### note

Pronounced KUR-tee-us. Spelling: court-e-ous. Opposite: discourteous, rude. Noun: courtesy (out of courtesy, a courtesy call).

### Trees and pragmatics

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