civilly Definition

civil
adj

1. Relating to the community.

Example: civil affairs
Thesaurus: civic, municipal, public, political, secular, communal.
2. Relating to or occurring between citizens.

Example: civil disturbances
3a. Relating to ordinary citizens;
3b. Not military, legal or religious.
4. law.
Relating to cases about individual rights, etc, not criminal cases.
5. Polite.

Thesaurus: polite, courteous, refined, formal, cordial, mannerly, proper.

Derivative: civilly
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from Latin civilis relating to citizens, from civis citizen.