polite

Speech parts

1. polite - Adjective

2. polite - Verb

4. polite - Adjective Satellite

5. Polite - Proper noun

Smooth; polished.

Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.

Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.

To polish; to refine; to render polite.

Source: Webster's dictionary

civil genteel cultivated refined elegant polished cultured civilized courteous affable urbane courtly brahmin prim gallant

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impolite rude berber frank barbary brut

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piolet topile

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite. Winston Churchill

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth. Malcolm Bradbury

Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves. Ambrose Bierce

A polite devil is more agreeable than a rude saint. Lebanese Proverb

When your neighbor walks through your orchard, the polite thing to do is to ignore it. Chinese Proverb

Polite words open iron gates. Croatian Proverb