Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
You use ~ to describe events that happen within a country and that involve the different groups of people in it.
...~ unrest.
ADJ: ADJ n
2.
You use ~ to describe people or things in a country that are not connected with its armed forces.
...the US ~ aviation industry.
? military
ADJ: usu ADJ n
3.
You use ~ to describe things that are connected with the state rather than with a religion.
They were married on August 9 in a ~ ceremony in Venice.
...Jewish ~ and religious law.
? religious
ADJ: ADJ n
4.
You use ~ to describe the rights that people have within a society.
...a United Nations covenant on ~ and political rights.
ADJ: ADJ n
5.
Someone who is ~ is polite in a formal way, but not particularly friendly. (FORMAL)
As visitors, the least we can do is be ~ to the people in their own land.
= polite
ADJ
~ly
The man nodded ~ly to Sharpe, then consulted a notebook.
ADV
~ity
...~ity to underlings.
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