What does civilly mean?
Civilly means In a civil manner; politely..
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/ˈsɪv.əl.i/ · adverb
In a civil manner; politely..
‘I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon,’ he replied civilly enough. ‘What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness.[…]’
Recently, the Supreme Court justices Sonia Sotomayor and Amy Coney Barrett spoke together publicly about how members of the court speak civilly to one another while disagreeing, sometimes vigorously, about the law.
WHERE before this Time the ancient Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate and Market-Towns within this Realm of England have been very populous, and chiefly inhabited with Merchants, Artificers and Handicraftſmen, during which Time the Children in the ſaid Cities, Boroughs, Towns Corporate and Market-Towns, were civilly brought up and inſtructed, and alſo the ſaid Cities, Boroughs and Towns Corporate, kept in good Order and Obeiſance, and the Inhabiters of the ſame well ſet on work, and kept from Idleneſs; […]
The people inhabit ſcatteringly here and there, in Dennes or Caverns (rather than Houſes) of Boughes and Leaves of Palme-trees. And becauſe this manner of living ſo diſperſedly, is the cauſe that theſe people remaine in their former ſavageneſſe of mind, and crueltie of life: and withall, inſomuch as it importeth infinite difficulties, to the preaching of the Goſpel, and Civill Government; the Portugals, and the Fathers of the Societie, uſe their beſt endeavours, to reduce them together, in certaine fit and convenient places; where living civilly, they may with the more facilitie be inſtructed by thoſe Fathers in the Rules of Faith, and governed by the Kings Officers. There may alſo be reduced to this Head, thoſe Cities, which have beene builded by Power, and inhabited by the authoritie of great Princes, or famous Common-wealths: […]
Shee was well borne, and civilly brought up; her ruine was her being unequally Married: not that her Husband was not of good eſteeme amongſt the Citizens, and according to his quality well to live: but for that ſhee being of riper Yeares then hee, the love which uſeth to be betweene equalls was not betweene them; […]
Use civilly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Civilly means In a civil manner; politely..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include uncivilly.
‘I beg your pardon, Dr. Lanyon,’ he replied civilly enough. ‘What you say is very well founded; and my impatience has shown its heels to my politeness.[…]’
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