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  1. polite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  2. polite: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
  3. polite: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
  4. polite: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
  5. polite: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  6. Polite, polite: Wordnik [home, info]
  7. polite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
  8. Polite: Wiktionary [home, info]
  9. polite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  10. polite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  11. polite: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  12. Polite, polite: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  13. polite: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  14. polite: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. polite: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  16. Polite (magazine), Polite, The polite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  17. Polite: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  18. polite: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  19. polite: Rhymezone [home, info]
  20. polite: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  21. polite: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  22. polite: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  23. polite: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  24. polite: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  25. Polite, polite: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  26. polite: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Business dictionaries Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polite: Legal dictionary [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polite: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Slang dictionaries Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. polite: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

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Quick definitions from WordNet (polite)

adjective:  showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
adjective:  not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others
adjective:  marked by refinement in taste and manners ("Polite society")
name:  A surname (rare: 1 in 100000 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #8443)

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Phrases that include polite:   over polite

Words similar to polite:   civil, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel, politely, politeness, politer, politest, courteous, deferential, nice, more...


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