polite remark

It has the distinction of being the only polite remark which has any claim upon veracity.

So sorry did I feel for the woman that I leant across and addressed some trivial, polite remark to her, but received no reply.

"Fiddlesticks, Alec," was his polite remark to his brother when he asked him not to get up.

When it came to parting, Batiscombe made some polite remark about the pleasure he had enjoyed.

This polite remark, which was intended for Henriette, made her drop him a curtsy, which she accompanied with a smile.