Courteous
Courteous adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.
Usage example: their customer service department always gives courteous responses, even to rude people
Rude
Rude adjective - Showing a lack of manners or consideration for others.
Usage example: it's rude to call someone “ugly”
Both words in one sentence
- Xuanzang of Journey to the West does all the talking with muggles etc because he is a courteous monk and his companions are scary-looking (and in Wukong's case, very rude) demons.
Source: The Face -
They are very courteous of this odd foreigner and patient with his rude and boorish behavior... that is, until his dinner guest, a transvestite prostitute, arrives, at which point they kick him out.
Source: Deep South - Brown got hit on the head his whole personality changed: suits and sweaters instead of loud 70's clothing, courteous and kind, instead of whiny and rude, and (for some reason) speaking in a British accent.
Source: We Want Our Jerk Back
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