ceevil

'Aweel,' said the Minister, breaking the silence, 'I micht -- be offerin' hospitality to Macmanus, the banker; 'twould be the ceevil thing to do, but if he comes he's my guest, ye ken -- I maunna hae ony "frightfulness"; an 'the cuddy wull be locked up.'

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

'But supposin' I was inclined to be ceevil till him -- what then? '

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

"Let him be dacent, and it's ceevil treatment he'll get; but no man shall browbeat me on me own floor," said Biddy, in a tone which declared the firmness of her purpose.

Live to be Useful or, The Story of Annie Lee and her Irish Nurse Anonymous

Weel, ye'll ken him, an 'aiblins,' here the speaker took up the bellows and thoughtfully assisted the fire's respiration, 'aiblins it wud be a ceevil matter to offer to gie him a night's lodgin', for it's a gey lang way up frae the auld toon, an 'the manager's gettin' gey white aboot the pow. '

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

Dae ye think I wad hae been sae ceevil the ither nicht to her when she was yelping on the stair-heid if it hadna been her repute for the Evil E'e?

Doom Castle Neil Munro

"It wad be better telling ye to answer ceevilly a ceevil question, my birkie."

A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 William MacLeod Raine 1912

'I was wrong, McRimmon; but when a man's shown the door for doin' his plain duty he's not always ceevil. '

The Day's Work - Volume 1 Rudyard Kipling 1900

They were puir, feckless bodies, the twa o 'them, and would scarce gie an answer tae a ceevil question, though they could clack lood eneugh when they had

The Mystery of Cloomber Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

A young lad, long and straight and with a bonnie black e'e – and a clever tongue, but leein ', for he says very ceevil things to me.

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891

"They're just very pleasant – and as ceevil young men as ye could meet anywhere – there's Lord John that we know best."

Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago Margaret 1891