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po·lite·ly

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Princeton's WordNet4.0 / 3 votes

  1. politely, courteouslyadverb

    in a polite manner

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

    Synonyms:
    courteously

    Antonyms:
    discourteously, rudely, impolitely

PPDB, the paraphrase database5.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "politely":

    kindly, nicely, decently, respectfully

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#10976nicely
#13039kindly
#18178respectfully
#28289politely
#64311decently
#90744courteously

How to use politely in a sentence?

  1. Richard Spencer:

    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 Police Department 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.

  2. Dale Perry:

    From this point on, we would listen, we'll smile politely and move along.

  3. Trump Jr.:

    It was quite difficult for me to understand what she was saying or why. Given our busy schedules, we politely asked if she could be more specific and provide more clarity about her objective for the meeting. At that point, Ms. Veselnitskaya pivoted and began talking about the adoption of Russian children by U.S. citizens and something called the Magnitsky Act.

  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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