[
UK
/pəlˈaɪt/
]
[ US /pəˈɫaɪt/ ]
[ US /pəˈɫaɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
even if he didn't like them he should have been civil -
marked by refinement in taste and manners
cultivated speech
polite society
cultured Bostonians
cultured tastes
a genteel old lady - showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
How To Use polite In A Sentence
- Yeah, the adverb problem has bitten me in impolite places a hundred times and they’re usually the first to go when the story gets passed around my friends. Dialogue is a dance « Write Anything
- The flag waving was decorous, the cheering polite and the umpire was never once insulted.
- He doesn't mean any of us impoliteness, but he needs a bit longer to warm to us.
- The 'American Empire' of the late 20th century, which Luce more politely referred to as the 'American Century', and of which no presidents since Eisenhower and JFK ever whispered the word 'Empire' while it actually existed, was already body-snatched by the time anyone other than Chomsky and Chalmers Johnson impolitely called it by its real name. Barack Obama: Manchurian Candidate Version 2.0
- His colleagues listened politely to his harangue but ignored him. THE GUARDSMEN
- My fingertips at this point were being sliced to the bone on the cheesewire strings but with usual English politeness i ploughed on now wanting fiona to hurray up. TravelPod.com Recent Updates
- I stood in the doorway for a moment, gathering my energy for polite chitchat. FOOLS GOLD
- He was moody and unwilling to make the usual politenesses.
- Politeness is not always the sign of wisdom, but the want of it always leaves room for the suspicion of folly.
- They sat in silence, and with tireless patience watched our every motion with that vile, uncomplaining impoliteness which is so truly The Innocents Abroad
