Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Smoothly; with a polished surface.
- In a polite manner; with elegance of manners; courteously.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete In a polished manner; so as to be smooth or glossy.
- adverb In a polite manner; with politeness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb in a
polite manner
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a polite manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He will, as somebody has said, "cut your throat _most politely, most politely_," or with profound urbanity offer you a cup of poison.
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Joan says, hearing the actual radio exchange has so much more impact than what she calls politely, of course the "FAA's few dry statements."
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And governing quietly and politely is going to get them quiet and polite results.
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My point, politely, is that there are far more choices.
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So he's stealing from her, I mean that term politely and as a compliment, and she is not reaching back across into his voting pool and stealing from him, if you will.
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I'm proud to be part of a nation that is in the process of transcending the embarrassing mental illness we call politely call racism.
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I'm proud to be part of a nation that is in the process of transcending the embarrassing mental illness we call politely call racism.
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Merely to take the most uncontroversial case, Reagan†™ s state-directed terrorist war against Nicaragua was condemned by the World Court, backed by two Security Council resolutions (vetoed by the US, with Britain politely abstaining).
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I called politely to my husband as he was hanging up his coat.
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I called politely to my husband as he was hanging up his coat.
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