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adjective

Uncivil adj.

Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized. "Men can not enjoy the rights of an uncivil and of a civil state together."

Not civil; not complaisant; discourteous; impolite; rude; unpolished; as, uncivil behavior.

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Etymology of 'Uncivil'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Uncivil" Quotes from Famous Books

... frightful I should think you uncivil; and if you made it handsome, I should know you were flattering. Besides, you don't know enough of me to tell me ...

— The Kellys and the O'Kellys • Anthony Trollope

... Hildegarde, rising, though she was not attracted either by the voice, nor by the lad's shambling, uncivil manner,—"come in, and I will ...

— Hildegarde's Holiday - a story for girls • Laura E. Richards

... sure of that; no man would hurt babies," replied Jacob. "The troopers will take them with them to Lymington, I suppose. I've no fear for them; it's the proud old lady whom they will be uncivil to." ...

— The Children of the New Forest • Captain Marryat

... satisfy them. They will be obliged to the earth only for a little mud to build themselves nests with. For the rest, they live in the air, and on the creatures of the air. And then, when they fancy the air begins to be uncivil, sending little shoots of cold through their warm feathers, they vanish. They won't stand it. They're off to a warmer climate, and you never know till you find they're not there ...

— The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 • George MacDonald

... melancholy; and whilst she felt a cordial dislike to the man, who she thought had so basely deceived Feemy and was now going to desert her, she was heartily glad for her sake he was going, and reflected that as he was to be off to-morrow, it was useless for her now to begin to be uncivil to him. ...

— The Macdermots of Ballycloran • Anthony Trollope

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