Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common courtesy

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -cour-tesy
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of common decency.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There have been many worthy suggestions on how to fix our supposedly broken society. May I offer another that is cheap, available to all and unlikely to do harm? A campaign to promote and reinforce the levels of common courtesy and kindness with which we treat others."
"The most beguiling detail in this modest work is the idea that responding to U.F.O.s, and to the aliens who pilot them, is a matter of common courtesy. As Loyd says to Maggie, "It would be rude not to acknowledge their presence.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

common courtesies (plural)

Synonyms

common decency

Questions

What does common courtesy mean?: Synonym of common decency.

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