What does courteous mean in crosswords?

courteous means: characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners

Which crossword clues can have courteous as the answer?

Possible clues for courteous include "Civil and kind".

courteous is also used as a crossword clue. The answer is often civil, 5 letters.

Word entry · 9 letters

Best crossword clue

"Civil and kind"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɜːti.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ceoorstuuStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word

1C2O3U4R5T6E7O8U9S

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"courteous" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often civil (5 letters).

From Middle English curteis, from Old French curteis (French courtois), from cort (“court”). By surface analysis, court + -eous.

“a courteous gentleman a courteous gesture”
“Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; [...]”

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01“Civil and kind”9 letters

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