Careful Words

churlish (adj.)

  The Retort Courteous; . . . the Quip Modest; . . . the Reply Churlish; . . . the Reproof Valiant; . . . the Countercheck Quarrelsome; . . . the Lie with Circumstance; . . . the Lie Direct.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 4.