polite
以礼相待,以客为尊,以礼待人
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po·lit·er, po·lit·est.
- : showing good manners toward others, as in behavior, speech, etc.; courteous; civil: a polite reply.
- : refined or cultured: polite society.
- : of a refined or elegant kind: polite learning.
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Examples
Bryant is a “Thank you” and “You’re very welcome” type of guy — polite, suburban, cultured, well-heeled.
On Friday, Scarane and her supporters were at the doors, having conversations that ranged from polite to promising.
Apple’s response to developers is often curt and boilerplate, but even with that, you must be polite on many occasions, like a servant asking the master what he wants next.
As a Swede, I have very limited interest in etiquette, but shutting up seemed like the polite thing to do even to me.
Despite the patrician veneers and volley of five dollar words, this wasn’t polite conversation.
And so he looked at her, smiled, and offered a polite “Is everything okay?”
There was nothing polite about them and nobody's parents approved.
Wilson would later tell the grand jury that he had been only polite and Brown had responded with the F word.
They were delicate, they were long, they were polite, and they were long.
Sure, Hall could have been more polite and subtle in his mission.
She would have liked to answer that it was Mademoiselle who had got in her way; but Mother wished her to be always polite.
The two men plunged into discussion, and Isabel, her eyes expressing a polite interest, studied the face of her cousin.
He thought nothing of it now, when she nodded in her polite little way, and opened the door for herself.
Presently he rose and left the table with a polite bow that included both the others.
I am not afraid of being crushed, for no doubt you would always remember to be polite, if not considerate.