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- noun Plural form of
politeness .
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Examples
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The more gallant and chivalric politenesses mark the man who bows slightly and takes the hand of a woman (as if she were a lady even if she ain't) marks himself as man who respects others boundaries and might like to make a gracious and courtious inquiry.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The more gallant and chivalric politenesses mark the man who bows slightly and takes the hand of a woman (as if she were a lady even if she ain't) marks himself as man who respects others boundaries and might like to make a gracious and courtious inquiry.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The more gallant and chivalric politenesses mark the man who bows slightly and takes the hand of a woman (as if she were a lady even if she ain't) marks himself as man who respects others boundaries and might like to make a gracious and courtious inquiry.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The more gallant and chivalric politenesses mark the man who bows slightly and takes the hand of a woman (as if she were a lady even if she ain't) marks himself as man who respects others boundaries and might like to make a gracious and courtious inquiry.
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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What I don't know is how to get past the politenesses into "No I really mean it" territory.
Things I am bad at saying shweta_narayan 2010
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After a mostly silent breakfast taken in our room, we climbed the small hillock behind the inn, exchanging rather strained politenesses from time to time.
Sick Cycle Carousel 2010
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And, of course, their political opponents capitalize on these obsequious politenesses to encourage observers to draw just the type of conclusion you have — that were it true, no disclaimer would be needed.
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Blair and Brown's failure to congratulate Alex Salmond on his victory is a denial of all the politenesses and decencies that are necessary to the smooth running of a democracy, and which are understood by democratic politicians everywhere.
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I held it open for her to pass through, for this was one of my restricted stock of stiff politenesses, and then for a second she was near touching me.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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She was perfectly capable of exchanging a few icy politenesses and ending the interview.
Ill Met By Moonlight Lackey, Mercedes 2005
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