polite
Example Sentences
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I recall that after one meeting, Mr. Blumenthal said we were too polite and agreed too easily.
This was the type of place where people were polite but mostly kept to themselves, Nathan said, adding that each house was set on an insulated plot of around an acre.
The business model of AI remains, to be polite, in flux.
But I had also promised Mama seven times while we drove to school that I would be polite.
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“I guess that wouldn’t be polite to our guest.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.