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[ adjective ] showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Rachel was polite , Scotty indifferent . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)They did ; though contemptuous , they were still polite . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] marked by refinement in taste and manners
Synonyms Examples "cultivated speech" "cultured Bostonians" "cultured tastes" "a genteel old lady" "polite society" Used in print (Arlin Turner, "William Faulkner, Southern Novelist"...)There is evidence to suggest , in_fact , that many authors of the humorous sketches were prompted to write them - or to make them as indelicate as they are - by way of protesting against the artificial refinements which had come to dominate the polite letters of the South . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 8443
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