adjective
1.
Synonyms: public 1, civic, national
2.
adequate in courtesy
made a civil inquiry about their health
Synonyms: courteous, genteel, mannerly, polite, well-mannered; compare courtly
Related Word: cultivated, refined, well-bred; accommodating, affable, cordial, obliging; bland, diplomatic, gracious, politic, suave, urbane
Contrasted words: boorish, churlish, loutish, uncouth; discourteous, ill-mannered, impolite, ungracious
Antonyms: uncivil; rude