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Civilly
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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| civil (ˈsɪvəl) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of the ordinary life of citizens as distinguished from military, legal, or ecclesiastical affairs |
| 2. | of or relating to the citizen as an individual: civil rights |
| 3. | of or occurring within the state or between citizens: civil strife |
| 4. | polite or courteous |
| 5. | a less common word for civic |
| 6. | of or in accordance with Roman law |
| 7. | relating to the private rights of citizens |
| [C14: from Old French, from Latin cīvīlis, from cīvis citizen] | |
| 'civilly | |
| —adv | |
| 'civilness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
civilly
1550s, "with reference to citizenship or civil matters," also "in a well-bred manner;" from civil (q.v.).
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