The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courteousness \Cour"te*ous*ness\, n. The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.
Wiktionary
n. The characteristic of being courteous.
Usage examples of "courteousness".
Behind his courteousness, he is an antagonistic observer of his conquerors.
Johnson received him with much courteousness, and talked a great deal to him, as to a school-boy, of the course of his education, and other particulars.
With his newly-minted courteousness, Chuck let people barge in front of him, behind him and nearly through him, until he decided that manners didn't mean letting oneself be trampled.
With instinctive courteousness and kindness, Ida had asked him some question about South Australia, and he was led to talk of his life there, and to describe the country.
She thought them selfish, sternly moral, callous, cruel, and kind, with a love of courteousness and an infinite capacity for joy.
You may assure your master that I always have his interests at heart," he said with a courteousness that fooled no one present.
You may assure your master that I always have his interests at heart," he said with a courteousness that fooled no one present.