Courteousness

Its derivation from _courtoisie_, courteousness, that is, behaviour like that at court, at once shows that it was primarily the reverence paid to a monarch. ❋ Herbert Spencer (1861)

Otherwise, week after week, I have been delighted with the courteousness of the students and mentors, as well as the high level at which they function. ❋ Robert David Jaffee (2010)

He would have been confounded and wounded by the knowledge that some people, including Maddy, suspected that a vein of self-righteousness ran beneath the surface of his public persona, an imperiousness disguised by his elaborate courteousness but hinted at by his detached formality. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

His affability and courteousness in several candidate debates made their gentlest criticism of him look unreasonable and indecorous. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

This group was lively, optimistic and opinionated, but with the same underlying kindness and courteousness that characterizes every Mexican of my acquaintance. ❋ Michael Kaiser (2011)

That book has themes of loyalty, courteousness, and love. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Whenever I whine about the deteriorated observance of courteousness, our mannerism as a community and wonder if this is to be blamed on the movies or our upbringing, I get nowhere. ❋ Fahad Faruqui (2011)

But in recent years, many people have noticed that the fan experience lacks the courteousness and civility it once had. ❋ Antonio Villaraigosa (2011)

Benjamin Bratt as Che models all the anger, rage, hate and homophobia that could possibly live under the placid courteousness of many people we meet. ❋ Alice Walker Blog Administrator (2009)

He has greatcourteousity ❋ Dekearg (2018)