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Polite

Polite meaning

Well-mannered, civilized. | Smooth, polished, burnished.

Example sentences (20)

Telenor chose to communicate towards business customers in the polite ön form while all other customers are addressed in the less polite te form.

A government source tells the paper: "We will not be doing this the polite way.

Although Bobi is a very polite and socially active dog, he has shown signs of aging.

And, of course, you can always respond to any shower invitation with a polite, “I’m so sorry I won’t be able to make it to your shower!

And we as polite Canadians want to follow that authoritarian voice," she says.

Anton Du Beke described the dance as “absolutely beautiful” but Craig Revel Horwood said it looked “a little bit too polite” and the pair were awarded 37 points from the judges.

A polite “no” is brief, neutral, and does not offer a list of reasons, which might come off as excuses, or, worse – invite further inquiry and conversation.

As far as his wife, Trump was just being polite.

At the cost of a polite society?

Augusta National galleries are nothing if not polite.

Canadians aren't always as polite and mild-mannered as we Yanks imagine, if not necessarily coming to fisticuffs.

Chikli’s address to the closing plenary was greeted with polite applause, and his remarks went uninterrupted.

Despite the former couple releasing a straightforward and polite statement about their separation, sources attempting to paint Turner in a negative lightmaking Jonas out to be Dad of the Year kept popping up in tabloids.

Does this only apply to the humanities, which has for its entire existence been a place where the wealthy go to be trained for polite society?

During the match, there were boos from Cincinnati fans among the polite applause for Messi as he went to take corner kicks.

He added Chail was an "extremely polite person" but was "clearly very motivated to do what he did".

He has identified 19 common types of smiles including the fixed polite smile, the embarrassed smile and the ecstatic smile to name a few.

He was also very busy when I called, and very polite when answering my questions.

He was polite and friendly with everyone.

However, at the time, she was too "polite" to voice her unease.