How do you use Courteous in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gracious or nice, plus the exact meaning.
Courteous meaning
Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
Synonyms of Courteous
Using Courteous
- The main meaning on this page is: Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.
- Useful related words include: gracious, nice, polite, chivalrous.
- In the example corpus, courteous often appears in combinations such as: courteous and, and courteous, be courteous.
Context around Courteous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Courteous
- In this selection, "courteous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, oddly, combative, extremely, confrontation, disposition and staff stand out and add context to how "courteous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also be courteous and approachable and courteous. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "courteous" sits close to words such as accrington, airfoil and airstrip, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with courteous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Are the staff courteous? (4 words)
At the same time, be friendly and courteous. (8 words)
Be mindful, courteous, and safe out there folks. (8 words)
But as Prime Minister Jüri Ratas once said (when defending one of Estonia's brightest foreign policy players Matti Maasikas), officials must be able to discuss potential political problems in a courteous, independent and reasoned fashion. (36 words)
In addition to this privilege (which was certainly not a small one), the saint was naturally of a most noble and courteous disposition, and his manners were most pleasing and charming. (31 words)
Everything the company does is focused on what it calls "The 5 Cs"—being Convenient, Caring, Courteous, Competent, and Compliant, which positions CRH well to help patients Get in. Get out. (31 words)
Are the staff courteous? (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
After they took off running, one doubled back to turn the hazards on, which was oddly courteous for a car thief.
At the same time, be friendly and courteous.
Immediately thereafter, his counterpart from Kano State seconded it in a manner that clearly indicated readiness for combative courteous confrontation.
In a 2018 judicial performance review, attorneys wrote that “Justice Gabriel’s performance is strong in the areas of being prepared for oral argument, being courteous and treating parties equally.
In addition to this privilege (which was certainly not a small one), the saint was naturally of a most noble and courteous disposition, and his manners were most pleasing and charming.
Just please be courteous and don't be rude to the customers.
Kelly said that “on a personal level, Byrne has always been approachable and courteous”.
The company says it has well-trained and courteous staff, and offers airport-like premium lounges in selective cities.
The staff here at this City post office were very courteous and friendly and showed us a bunch of stamps and also explained the history of the stamps.
Blacklane chauffeurs are extremely courteous, drive carefully and will transport you in a luxury car.
But if it might embrace intellectual combat, it will also be courteous.
I try to be as friendly and courteous with the pronouned or gender nonconforming as with any Democrat, Republican, or hippie.
That politics is less courteous now is thanks to, he suggests, Sonia’s style and maybe the campaign against her after the 2004 verdict.
The discussion was largely courteous and affable, bar a couple of minor swipes over findings of the review into the redevelopment of Teesworks.
While the man had been less than courteous towards me, I still didn’t want to be rude.
Are the staff courteous?
Be mindful, courteous, and safe out there folks.
But as Prime Minister Jüri Ratas once said (when defending one of Estonia's brightest foreign policy players Matti Maasikas), officials must be able to discuss potential political problems in a courteous, independent and reasoned fashion.
Everything the company does is focused on what it calls "The 5 Cs"—being Convenient, Caring, Courteous, Competent, and Compliant, which positions CRH well to help patients Get in. Get out.
From New Jersey to London, Los Angeles to South Florida, countless testimonials have come in describing the respectful, courteous behavior of the thousands of Jews who attended throughout the world.
Common combinations with courteous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- courteous and 21×
- and courteous 12×
- be courteous 7×
- courteous to 5×
- very courteous 3×
- was courteous 3×
- courteous with 2×
- in courteous 2×
- respectful courteous 2×
- been courteous 2×