politely

Example Sentences

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Aunt Kitty smiled and nodded politely, but the moment Mrs. Maroney disappeared, she raced for the cellar door and was down the stairs in a flash.

From Literature

She politely declined, saying that she had a boyfriend.

From BBC

While the dominant culture seems, yet again, obsessed with appetite suppression, I am rediscovering appetite: earned appetite, physical appetite, the kind that shows up after exertion and politely demands to be honored.

From Salon

“I’m not on social media,” she politely announced.

From Los Angeles Times

When I politely told my 80-something mother-in-law that we would need to meet at the church for the service instead of going to her house early, she completely freaked out.

From MarketWatch