polite

Chastened and anxious, she’s determined to partake in a polite meal and then skedaddle before her feelings overwhelm her.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The college added Jackson, who played for Hebburn Town Juniors and the club's U18s team, was a "polite, kind and funny young man", whose presence lifted others.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“They are so polite; I get tired of being called ‘ma’am.’”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

South Cotswolds MP Roz Savage criticised Sir Ed's leadership ahead of conference, urging the party to rediscover its "insurgent spirit" rather than being the "polite custodians of a system that leaves people feeling powerless".

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026

Anemone sounded uncertain, like she thought maybe Ma was just being polite.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye

Bravo responded with a politer version in “Top Chef.”

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

An 18-year-old woman said ghosting was “a little bit politer way to reject someone than to directly say, ‘I do not want to chat with you.’

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2022

In fact, the politer our discourse is in general, the more dramatic the effect when breaking the rules of politeness becomes necessary.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018

She admires various classical and modern dancers and choreographers and works, but her own dancers enact a brash and pitiless system of movement that disdains and subverts politer forms.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2015

Although Harry watched his two friends more closely over the next few days, Ron and Hermione did not seem any different except that they were a little politer to each other than usual.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

Ebert, also 39, is the politest, a kind force who, 17 years later, remains the new guy after Johnson and Knobbe formed the band a year before.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026

The 20-year-old said she had only positive interactions with some of the men who live at the hotel, who she describes as "the politest people".

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2025

“The politest way is to enlist the aid of the flight attendants,” says Jodi RR Smith, an etiquette consultant.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

I’ll say one thing for “Knock at the Cabin”: M. Night Shyamalan may have made the politest — and the most provocative — home-invasion horror movie you’ll ever see.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023

When he had no more to tell me, I thanked him in my politest French, and left.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver