Synonym: civil, courteous, gracious, refined, respectful, tactful, well-mannered. Antonym: impolite. Similar words: politely, impolite, impolitely, impoliteness, polity, politic, politics, political. Meaning: [pə'laɪt] adj. 1. showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. 2. marked by refinement in taste and manners 3. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others.
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151. The next moment she had her face under control, turning towards the door with a polite smile.
152. A polite young man brought the high chair and crayons for her.
153. This is not the kind of guy who makes polite conversation.
154. There would be sighs of disappointment at suppertime, and a chorus of polite regrets.
155. He is polite, friendly and speaks openly about football, his family and the horrors of the past.
156. A polite little bloke like that with a tiger in his tank?
157. But it seemed polite to visit the Freitas family, especially after Lina had come to Monte Samana on a fruitless errand.
158. We stood squinting into the camera, annoyed at the interruption but too polite to say so.
159. This is a polite way of saying that recruitment normally causes chaos in the personnel department.
160. One of those friends was Fred Cooper, a quiet, polite sailor stationed at the naval base at Oxnard.
161. In both matinees, they played polite, uninspired hockey, allowing the opposition too many easy strikes at Ranford.
162. Perish that one might be polite or circumspect - such is the mark of the aesthete.
163. But such coarse mutilation would not have fitted in with the polite way in which Perrault wished to retell his story.
164. As well as dens and thieves' kitchens like the Bush and Tontine Closes,[www.Sentencedict.com] polite society had its problems also.
165. Towards the rector he was a polite listener, a concession to the man's advanced years and his calling.
166. In the good old days of rampant dualism, the mind was rarely mentioned in polite society.
167. Yeah, sometimes he can be really nice and polite but, I tell you, deep down he's an animal!
168. They both knew, of course, that Hal was hearing every word, but they could not help these polite circumlocutions.
169. By emphasizing every defect in her body, she offers a challenge to polite culture.
170. He has grown quite friendly with a red setter and its woman, in a polite sort of way.
171. Those of us who stayed faithful to the project found ourselves isolated, our findings met by polite scepticism at best.
172. Offstage she was scrupulously polite to him, an exercise that was totally wasted as he continued to ignore her.
173. His vigorous attacks on his Republican opponent and Dewey's polite, complacent campaign made a sharp contrast.
174. Very polite but - well - sort of quietly menacing.
175. He received polite applause from perhaps two in the crowd of about 40.
176. So writers published in this and most mags are due the courtesy of polite negatives.
177. With sad paradox, Mr Punch himself became the man in the Bateman cartoon, unwelcome in polite company.
178. Emily was polite but firm - her answer was 'no'.
179. All I've ever asked of you is to try to be polite to my mother.
180. Polite brides will hand out more cards to thank guests for sharing their special day.
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