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Example sentences for "civilly"

Lexicographically close words:
civilizer; civilizers; civilizing; civill; civiller; civis; civitas; civitate; civitatem; civitates
  1. The others, all laughing, push him civilly out of the room.

  2. Pantagruel civilly thanked the queen, forgave all offences, refused the offer she had made of her country, and gave her a pretty little knife.

  3. However, we civilly desired to be excused.

  4. Blades of heroic breasts Shall taste here of the feasts, Both privily And civilly Of the celestial guests, Blades of heroic breasts.

  5. No, we know better things, and scorn to scorn any man's civility who civilly invites us to a drinking bout.

  6. To such as were in the stripping vein he would very civilly come to offer his attendance, and cover them with his cloak, like a courteous and very gracious man.

  7. He had contrived to squeeze himself into a window seat between two females who sat apart and civilly made room for him, and pressed his acceptance of the place.

  8. An old woman at that moment opening the gate, which she civilly held for our hero to pass into the lane which she was leaving, hearing his words, replied “It is only Cadwgan’s ass.

  9. He was civilly received, however, and when he expressed his pleasure at seeing Madame Doucet present, that worthy female lifted her eyes from her knitting and gave him a suspicious glance of exceeding disfavour.

  10. The king of the Jaloffs having told the ambassador he chose neither of his propositions, civilly dismissed him.

  11. Instead of the people running and scrambling to see them, the good-natured ruler of this place excluded the mass of them from visiting their yard, and came very civilly to ask their permission for a few of his friends to look at them.

  12. He bowed civilly an affirmative, and then began talking to me of Chesington.

  13. As I advanced, he touched his hat, and civilly asked whether I had had much sport?

  14. Before the engagement was announced she had altered her attitude to Raymond and used him civilly and shared his desire that Abel should be won over by his father.

  15. I must drop Legg civilly and break it to him gradual.

  16. The females, who had just before been trembling with alarm, brightened at this, and two or three of them civilly thanked me for the information they had thus obtained incidentally!

  17. After a few minutes of meditation on what he had just heard, he civilly pointed to a bit of meadow through which the Thames meanders, and good-naturedly told me it was Runnymeade.

  18. You have something more to do, and that is to go away civilly without a scene, and not to tell any one that you did so because you were angry.

  19. She died in 1835 and was buried at Montparnasse with this inscription: "The widow of Mr. Grant, afterwards civilly married to the Prince de Talleyrand.

  20. She bowed very civilly to me, but with a touch of severity, such as country people find necessary for the assertion of their self-respect with strangers.

  21. A laugh went up, and then, at sight of Mrs. Makely heading our little party, the people round Homos civilly made way for us.

  22. He was almost immediately succeeded by his less ferocious companion, who more civilly begged her to hasten, as their business would not permit any longer delay.

  23. Mrs. Frazer and Mrs. Jennings actually took the long drive and asked for the ladies, and were civilly told that there were none at home.

  24. On the other hand, whenever the son received his father civilly the old man would be struck dumb with joy.

  25. No," she replied, and then stood looking at me civilly enough.

  26. As I treat them civilly by my silence, why persist thus pertinaciously in thrusting their claims upon my attention and then questioning my piety for not christening them?

  27. So when X, your worst sample approaches, meet him blandly at your door, and ask him civilly to leave his dog outside.

  28. The man spoke civilly enough, and I did not approve of his location; but the rising color in Sally's face would have convinced anybody who knew her that non-interference was the wisest policy.

  29. I could just see that they were my friends and neighbors, and I noticed that one who rode up and down the track seemed inclined to civilly prevent the ladies from retiring to the wooden settlement.

  30. How could they receive him, save with civilly mild astonishment?

  31. If only to signify her contempt for Godwin's prejudices, Charlotte would have behaved civilly to the London uncle.

  32. My unreasonable curiosity not being satisfied by looking at the mere outside of this sacred coffer, I turned to the monk who exhibited it, and civilly requested that he would open it, and show us the miraculous treasure it contained.

  33. It might be thought that Herbert would have been justified in civilly declining to satisfy her curiosity.

  34. Cross civilly pushed a chair towards him, concentrating his attention afterwards upon Mrs. Fisher.

  35. It is not quite so bad here: in this season the fatigue one has to undergo does not exceed that of a large German town; but there are a great superabundance of invitations which one cannot civilly refuse.

  36. The custom-house officer who accompanied me, very civilly brought me an umbrella, seeing the lightness of my dress; but the storm, and the slippery and perilous path at the edge of the precipice rendered it useless.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "civilly" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    gracefully; graciously; mannerly