courteous

/ˈkɜːti.əs/adjective

Polite and respectful toward other people; well-mannered.

Example sentence

“The staff were courteous even when the cafe was packed.”

The spelling keeps 'court' inside it: courtly manners were the original model. Pronounced 'KUR-tee-us'.

Related words

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