Hyphenation of courteous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word courteous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

cour-te-ous

Definitions of courteous:

1.
Exhibiting courtesy and politeness
A nice gesture
2.
Characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners
If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world-Francis Bacon

Synonyms of courteous:

adj gracious, nice, polite
adj courteous, chivalrous, gallant, knightly, respectful

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