polite, adj.
freq. cnt. 4
freq. cnt. 4
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
polite
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marked by refinement in taste and manners
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
civilised civilized cultivated cultured genteel polite
sample sentences
"cultivated speech""cultured Bostonians"
"cultured tastes"
"a genteel old lady"
"polite society"
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not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
civil polite
sample sentences
"even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham
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