courteous UK /ˈkɜːti.əs/US /ˈkɝti.əs/ adjective1 •Showing regard or thought for others; especially, displaying good manners or etiquette.Nectar ran / In courteous fountains to all cups outreach'd; / And plunder'd vines, teeming exhaustless, pleach'd / New growth about each shell and pendent lyre; [...] — 1818 formsmore courteous · most courteous