| a. | 1. | Smooth; polished. |
| 2. | Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. | |
| 3. | Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; | |
| v. t. | 1. | To polish; to refine; to render polite. |
| Adj. | 1. | polite - showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc. Antonyms: impolite - not polite |
| 2. | polite - marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" | |
| 3. | polite - not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham Synonyms: civil |
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