the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > courteous formulae [phrase] (55)
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— conventional or deferential (6)
— qualifying a request or statement (1)
— deprecating thanks or apology (1)
— in yielding precedence (1)
— no offence meant or taken (1)
— terms of greeting (24)
— expressions of remembrance (2)
— reply to introduction (1)
— expressions of leave-taking (15)
— expressions of good wishes (3)