courteousness
Example Sentences
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The book is a dance between candor and diplomacy, as Andrews navigates the imperative of honesty with the courteousness that seems to be her governing instinct.”
From Fox News ● Oct. 17, 2019
His courteousness was often taken — mistaken might be the better word — for docility.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2018
They were two guests who had lived in their shared courteousness for so long that they had mistaken it for affection or warmth.
From The New Yorker ● May 1, 2017
Maybe it’s because Christenberry, 78, has never lost the soft Southern accent and courteousness of his youth.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2015
Father approved of them because they taught the virtues most revered by the people of Zimbabwe: loyalty, bravery, courteousness and reverence for Mwari, the supreme god.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
