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courteousness

courteousness noun: the characteristic of being courteous.

Noun

courteousness (usually uncountable, plural courteousnesses)

  1. (usually) The characteristic of being courteous.

courteousness meaning in Tamil and Punjabi

courteousness in Tamil

சரசம்

courteousness in Punjabi

courteousness, politeness, civility
ਸ਼ਰਾਫ਼ਤ śarāfat

Forms of courteousness

pluralcourteousnesses

Origin of courteousness

From courteous + -ness.

Questions about courteousness

What does courteousness mean?
Courteousness means the characteristic of being courteous.
What is courteousness in Tamil?
Courteousness in Tamil is சரசம். See Courteousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is courteousness?
Courteousness is a noun.
What is the plural of courteousness?
The plural of courteousness is courteousnesses.

Words near courteousness in the dictionary

  1. Courtenay
  2. Courteney
  3. courteous
  4. courteouslie
  5. courteously
  6. courteousness
  7. courteousnesses
  8. courtepies
  9. courtepy
  10. courter
  11. courters

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: courteousness (page history and authors); courteousness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸ਼ਰਾਫ਼ਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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