polite

About 5.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Well-mannered, civilized.

   It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.

2. adjective Smooth, polished, burnished.
3. verb To polish; to refine; to render polite.

Similar words

mannerly well-mannered courteous genteel cultured cultivated gracious nice civilized refined

Often followed by

and to society but conversation literature way in as

Word family

politely politeness politenesses politer politest