courteous

Preposition: at

• time: All staff involved in the process were courteous at all times.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• find: Speaking personally, I have found the wardens invariably courteous, and very helpful when one seeks their advice.

Modifies a noun

• manner: You can expect... To be treated in a courteous manner.
• refund: You'll receive an immediate and courteous refund of the entire seminar fee you paid.
• staff: Good transfer to the airport, with reliable courteous staff.
• reply: He had received in reply a courteous reply from the firm, which he he read.
• driver: Pros: Easy to use, regular service, courteous drivers.
• attitude: Indeed, at every polling station I have visited over the past three days there was the same efficient and courteous attitude.

Modifying Another Word

• unfailingly: Unfailingly courteous, they spoke of ideas that played out over many centuries.
• extremely: The staff there are eminently professional, and EXTREMELY courteous.
• very: Very courteous, fairly priced, good DM's & captains.
• always: The welcome is nearly always courteous: " What would you like to ring?
• so: Everyone was so courteous and the sky was the limit.
• only: I thought it only courteous to explain, you see I happened to be born in that room.

Infinitive complement

• inform: In all cases it is courteous to inform your local Marie of your intentions to run a gite or B&B business.
• ask: It is permitted to take non-commercial photographs but courteous to ask first.
• do: You do not have to notify people that you are linking to them, but it is courteous to do so.
• reply: Could we remind fellow researchers that it is courteous to reply to enquirers, particularly so when an SAE has been included.

Used with adjective complement

• recommend: Supermarket, Hong Kong: for your convenience, we recommend courteous, efficient self-service.
• remain: Although you should remain courteous when chasing, it is important to keep up the pressure and maintain regular contact.