rare. [f. CIVIL + -NESS.] Civility.
1553. Grimalde, Cicero’s Offices, C viij. Sowre, lowring, blockish, rusticall, and farre from all ciuilnesse of life.
1632. Lithgow, Trav., X. (1682), 411. Prejudicial to all Christian Civilness [and] tranquil Government.
1730–6. Bailey, Civilness, civility.
