civilly
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civ·il
(sĭv′əl)adj.
1. Of, relating to, or befitting a citizen or citizens: civil duties.
2. Of or relating to citizens and their interrelations with one another or with the state: government agencies concerned with civil affairs.
3. Of ordinary citizens or ordinary community life as distinguished from the military or the ecclesiastical: married in a civil ceremony at city hall.
4. Sufficiently observing or befitting accepted social usages; polite: a civil reply. See Synonyms at polite.
5. Being in accordance with or denoting legally recognized divisions of time: a civil year.
6. Law Relating to the rights of private individuals and legal proceedings concerning these rights as distinguished from criminal, military, or international regulations or proceedings.
[Middle English, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis, citizen; see civic.]
civ′il·ly adv.
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civ•il•ly
(ˈsɪv ə li)adv.
1. politely; courteously.
2. in accordance with civil law.
[1400–50]
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| Adv. | 1. | civilly - in a civil manner; "he treats his former wife civilly" uncivilly - in an uncivil manner; "he treats his former wife uncivilly" |
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Translations
بِأَدَب، بِلَطافَه
zdvořile
høfligt
kurteisislega
kibarcanazikçe
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civilly
[ˈsɪvəli] adv [greet, speak, nod] → polimentcivil rights modif [movement] → pour les droits civils; [activist, campaigner] → pour les droits civilscivil servant n → fonctionnaire mf
She's a civil servant → Elle est fonctionnaire.Civil Service
She's a civil servant → Elle est fonctionnaire.Civil Service
modif [reform] → de la fonction publique; [jobs] → de la fonction publique; [rules, system] → de la fonction publiquecivil war n → guerre f civile
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civilly
adv (= politely) → höflich, zuvorkommend
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civil
(ˈsivl) adjective1. polite, courteous.
2. of the state or community. civil rights.
3. ordinary; not military or religious. civil life.
4. concerned with law cases which are not criminal.
civilian (siˈviljən) noun a person who has a civil job, not in the armed forces.
civility (siˈviləti) noun politeness. Treat strangers with civility.
ˈcivilly adverb politely.
ˌcivil deˈfence noun (American civil defense) the organization responsible for protection of civilians from enemy bombing etc and for rescue operations after such attacks.
ˌcivil disoˈbedience noun a refusal by a large number of people to pay taxes or obey certain laws in a nonviolent way in order to protest against the government, its policies etc.
civil engineerengineercivil liberties/rights the rights of a citizen according to the law of the country.
civil servant a member of the civil service.
civil service the organization which runs the administration of a state.
civil war (a) war between citizens of the same state. the American Civil War.
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