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courteousness|ˈkɔət-, ˈkɜːtjəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being courteous; gracious or obliging politeness; courtesy.
c1430Chev. Assigne 179 The curteysnesse of criste..be wth þese other cheynes. 1530Palsgr. 210/1 Courtesnesse, benignité. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Matt. v. (R.), Godly menne..muste moue and allure all menne with courtiousnesse, ientlenesse and beneficialnesse..to loue and to concorde. 1768–74Tucker Lt. Nat. (1852) I. 253 Courteousness is the skin and outside of virtue. 1871Smiles Charac. ix. (1876) 236 His manly courteousness and affability of disposition. |