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.
In the Tail of the Peacock Isabel Savory
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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."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Christine Negroni 2011
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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.
Cheap Living in Mexico vs Cheap living in McAllen Texas 2007
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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.
Don Kennedy Albert: Today I Became An American (PHOTOS) 2008
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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.
Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005
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I called politely to my husband as he was hanging up his coat.
Goodnight Nobody Jennifer Weiner 2005
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