Thursday, September 10, 2009

Word learnings

civility
ci⋅vil⋅i⋅ty /sɪˈvɪlɪti/ [si-vil-i-tee]

–noun, plural -ties.

1. courtesy; politeness.
2. a polite action or expression: an exchange of civilities.
3. Archaic. civilization; culture; good breeding.
4. not cruelly pointing out the obvious lies of moose eating, walking punchlines during a speech to the country.

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