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English to English adjective
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showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. |  | source: wordnet30
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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others | | Example: even if he didn't like them he should have been civil
source: wordnet30
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Smooth; polished. | | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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marked by refinement in taste and manners | | Example: cultivated speech
cultured Bostonians
cultured tastes
a genteel old lady
polite society
source: wordnet30
verb
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To polish; to refine; to render polite. | | source: webster1913
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