Synonyms:
civil
Meaning: applying to ordinary citizens as contrasted with the military; "civil authorities"
Synonyms:
civil, polite
Meaning: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
Usage examples
The same year he began his "History of the Civil War" for a Hartford publisher.
Martov, demanding the floor, croaked hoarsely, "The civil war is beginning, comrades!
He got on very well with Lady Julia, who gave herself no airs, and made herself very civil.
He gave Peter and me luncheon, and was altogether very civil and inclined to talk about the war.
These were the days, just before the Civil War, when railroads were being thrown forward everywhere.
The principle of equality may be established in civil society, without prevailing in the political world.
"Yes, madame," replied the coadjutor; "I have to beg you to reflect twice ere you cause a civil war in the kingdom."
In a purely civil matter, the infallible Church from its inception had displayed a marked hostility to loans at interest.
The law is the measure of civil right; but if the measure be changeable, the extent of the thing measured never can be settled.
On the contrary, it is the duty of the civil and administrative power to reconstruct itself on the basis of political equality.