Courteous and Mean

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Courteous adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.

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Mean is an antonym for courteous in gentle topic.

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.

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Courteous is an antonym for mean.

Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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