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[ adjective ] applying to ordinary citizens
Examples "civil law" "civil authorities" Used in print (J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)The concern of Utopia is with the optimo reipublicae statu , the best ordering of a civil society ; and it is again_and_again made clear that Utopian communism provides the institutional array indispensable to that best ordering . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Andrei stopped at Litowski_Place and looked_around quickly at the boundary of civil buildings . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
Synonyms Examples "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham Used in print (John Dos Passos, Midcentury....)He was smooth and civil spoken but it seemed to me there was something tough under his self-effacing manner . |
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[ adjective ] (of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life
Examples "the civil calendar" "a civil day begins at mean midnight" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state
Examples "civil affairs" "civil strife" "civil disobediece" "civil branches of government" Related terms |
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