Bryant is a “Thank you” and “You’re very welcome” type of guy — polite, suburban, cultured, well-heeled.
Kobe Bryant Punched A Teammate Over $100, And It Wasn’t Shaq|Jeff Pearlman|September 25, 2020|FiveThirtyEight
On Friday, Scarane and her supporters were at the doors, having conversations that ranged from polite to promising.
The Trailer: The First State goes last|David Weigel|September 15, 2020|Washington Post
Apple’s response to developers is often curt and boilerplate, but even with that, you must be polite on many occasions, like a servant asking the master what he wants next.
Apple’s App Store draws scrutiny in yet another country|Verne Kopytoff|September 3, 2020|Fortune
As a Swede, I have very limited interest in etiquette, but shutting up seemed like the polite thing to do even to me.
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Despite the patrician veneers and volley of five dollar words, this wasn’t polite conversation.
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And so he looked at her, smiled, and offered a polite “Is everything okay?”
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Wilson would later tell the grand jury that he had been only polite and Brown had responded with the F word.
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They were delicate, they were long, they were polite, and they were long.
Pyongyang Primer: Kenneth Bae Comes Home|Kevin Bleyer|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Everyone, of course, was too polite to inquire about the embarrassing number of absentees.
There’s Only One Way to Beat ISIS: Work With Assad and Iran|Leslie H. Gelb|October 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He's polite and amusing, inventing comic voices to deceive friends.
Will the Real Jim Palmer Please Stand Up|Tom Boswell|September 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I'm certain one ought to be polite, even to people who aren't saved.
The Longest Journey|E. M. Forster
For the first time history won a right to be considered apart from polite literature.
A History of Spain|Charles E. Chapman
You know mother would like to have you, Esther said, with polite urgence.
Wheat and Huckleberries|Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
"Delighted, I'm sure," said Dale, who stood looking down on the Liliputian egotist with polite wonder.
Simon the Jester|William J. Locke
The Children of the Mist are invariably well behaved and polite.
One Irish Summer|William Eleroy Curtis
British Dictionary definitions for polite
polite
/ (pəˈlaɪt) /
adjective
showing regard for others, in manners, speech, behaviour, etc; courteous
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