polite.
Well-mannered, civilized.
Meaning & usage
Well-mannered, civilized.
It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
Try and be polite to Auntie Maria for once.
Smooth, polished, burnished.
Where this word comes from
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
To polish; to refine; to render polite.
Where this word comes from
From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.
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