Antonyms for politelypo·lite·ly

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1. politely, courteouslyadverb

   in a polite manner

   "the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'"

   Antonyms:
   discourteously, rudely, impolitely

   Synonyms:
   courteously

How to use politely in a sentence?

1. Matthias Maurer:

   Everyone of us has a quirk which we are comfortable with but which can annoy others, if he hadn't said that so politely and clearly, I would have continually annoyed him.

2. Toronto Raptors:

   I just dont think that we accept, and I try to respect everybody in every field that they do regardless of how crazy things are. But he makes it really hard. He makes it very, very tough to respect how he goes about things and does things.To put it politely, I think its a hard no.

3. Richard Spencers:

   They think they have shut this down, but they haven't, i will give a speech on their campus. It is a public place. I think Auburn University is naive and has totally misunderstood who I am if they think that I am going to politely back out of this. I will be there 100 percent.

4. Eboo Patel:

   So I would politely decline if I were invited to the Trump White House iftar.

5. Charles Ray:

   During my time, it was a fairly common occurrence, to be treated a little less than politely when you entered the US if you happen to be a person of color, and it didn't really matter what your passport was or what your age was.

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