not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; even if he didnt like them he should have been civil- W.S. Maugham
[ Syn: polite ]
of or occurring within the state or between or among citizens of the state; civil affairs; civil strife; civil disobedience; civil branches of government'
of or relating to or befitting citizens as individuals; civil rights; civil liberty; civic duties; civic pride
[ Syn: civic ]
(of divisions of time) legally recognized in ordinary affairs of life; the civil calendar; a civil day begins at mean midnight'
applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; civil authorities'
of or in a condition of social order; civil peoples'