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1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. lf. xiv b/2 A soundinge..iron, the end wherof is rounde, and politely polishede.

1641 J. Milton Reason Church-govt. 29 No Marble statue can be politely carv'd, no fair edifice built without almost as much rubbish and sweeping.

1730 A. Gordon tr. F. S. Maffei Compl. Hist. Anc. Amphitheatres 288 The rustick Work..is executed more politely.

1624 G. Carleton Thankfull Remembrance vi. 58 The Booke [sc. Rationes Decem, by Edmund Campion] was Intituled, A Booke of ten Reasons, or Arguments written politely in Latin to confirme the doctrines of the Church of Rome.

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 128 Echinus, a Bottle cut with an Edg, as in our Bloome tis rudely explain'd... Ovals and Darts (by our Workmen call'd Eggs and Ankers as little Politely).

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 265 In the middle is a neat Bridge, built more politely than the other.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 279 We must speak politely like the Chymists, for fear of giving Offence to the Nice.

1729 W. Law Serious Call xiii. 214 A Niece, whom he has politely educated in expensive finery.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator II. xii. 349 A Satire upon the Puppet Patrons and Patronesses of this politely learned Age.

1868 Michigan University Mag. 399 The Arts—a subject shamefully slighted in our colleges, and one of which even politely educated men are too often lamentably ignorant.

1748 Lady Fetherstonhaugh in Lady Chatterton Mem. Ld. Gambier (1861) I. ii. 18 We were very politely entertained with tea.

1773 P. Brydone Tour Sicily & Malta I. iv. 67 He received us politely, but with a good deal of state.

1797 A. Douglas Notes of Journey 10 The passport was politely and speedily executed by Mons. Barthelemy.

1851 J. M. Eaton Treat. Almond Tumbler p. iv The best way to put the question to the owner of the bird, is politely to ask him,..if he would part with the bird.

1895 T. Hardy Jude ii. iii. 112 The man rose, and, seeing her, politely took off his cap.

1916 J. Joyce Portrait of Artist v. 219 Not in the least—said the dean politely.

1960 C. Geertz Modjokuto vi. 72 The politely formal social intercourse with the neighbors pressing in from all sides..are supposed to carry one through the grief process evenly and without severe emotional disturbance.

1993 V. Headley Excess xii. 132 Chris told them politely but firmly to mind their own business and leave his child alone.