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Russian
Etymology
любе́зный (ljubéznyj) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
любе́зность • (ljubéznostʹ) f inan (genitive любе́зности, nominative plural любе́зности, genitive plural любе́зностей)
- courtesy, politeness, civility
1862, Иван Тургенев [Ivan Turgenev], “Глава 22”, in Отцы и дети; English translation from Richard Hare, transl., Fathers and Sons, 1947:Она́ приве́тствовала их с обыкнове́нною свое́й любе́зностью, но удиви́лась их ско́рому возвраще́нию и, ско́лько мо́жно бы́ло суди́ть по медли́тельности её движе́ний и рече́й, не сли́шком ему́ обра́довалась.- Oná privétstvovala ix s obyknovénnoju svojéj ljubéznostʹju, no udivílasʹ ix skóromu vozvraščéniju i, skólʹko móžno býlo sudítʹ po medlítelʹnosti jejó dvižénij i rečéj, ne slíškom jemú obrádovalasʹ.
- She greeted them with her usual politeness, but showed surprise at their rapid return, and judging by the, deliberation of her gestures and words, she was not over pleased about it.
- kindness
- favour/favor
Declension