Polite Pəˈlaɪt I Conversation Adjective Guests Waiter Helpful

• please be polite to our guests.
• our waiter was very polite and helpful.
• we were all too polite to object.
• i don't know how to make polite conversation.

polite

1. having or showing good manners and respect for the feelings of others
• SYNONYM courteous
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• Please be polite to our guests.
• Our waiter was very polite and helpful.
• We were all too polite to object.

Extra Examples

• She was scrupulously polite to him.
• If you just go and ask in a polite way, you might get what you want.
• In Western culture, it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation.
• Reviewing someone's first novel, it is customary to be polite about it, to find things to praise in it.
• He was unfailingly polite. I never saw him in his life be rude to a fan.
2. socially correct but not always sincere
• I don't know how to make polite conversation.
• The performance was greeted with polite applause.
• She greeted me with a quick hello and a polite smile.
3. from a class of society that believes it is better than others
• ‘Bum’ is not a word we use in polite company.
• The scandal outraged polite society.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin politus ‘polished, made smooth’, past participle of polire.