of, pertaining to, or consisting of citizens

civil life; civil society.

of the commonwealth or state

civil affairs.

of citizens in their ordinary capacity, or of the ordinary life and affairs of citizens, as distinguished from military and ecclesiastical life and affairs.

of the citizen as an individual

civil liberty.

befitting a citizen

a civil duty.

of, or in a condition of, social order or organized government; civilized

civil peoples.

adhering to the norms of polite social intercourse; not deficient in common courtesy

After their disagreement, their relations were civil though not cordial.

marked by benevolence

He was a very civil sort, and we liked him immediately.

(of divisions of time) legally recognized in the ordinary affairs of life

the civil year.

of or pertaining to civil law.

adjective

ill-mannered , impolite , rude , unkind , uncivil

adjective

civilian , domestic , governmental , home , interior , local , municipal , national , political , public , accommodating , affable , civilized , complaisant , cordial , courteous , courtly , cultivated , diplomatic , formal , genteel , gracious , mannerly , polished , polite , politic , refined , suave , urbane , well-bred , wellmannered , civic , well-mannered , communal , cultured , debarbarized , discreet , educated , laic , libertarian , metropolitan , nonclerical , obliging , parliamentary , respectful , secular , sophistical , urban