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po·lite·ly
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Princeton's WordNet
politely, courteouslyadverb
in a polite manner
"the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'"
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courteouslyAntonyms:
discourteously, rudely, impolitely
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List of paraphrases for "politely":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#10976 | nicely | |
#13039 | kindly | |
#18178 | respectfully | |
#28289 | politely | |
#64311 | decently | |
#90744 | courteously |
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When I heard about the search warrant for Senator Burr's cell phone, my first thought was' speech or debate clause,' in the case of the FBI's Saturday night raid on Congressman Jefferson's office in the Rayburn House Office Building, Rayburn House had the look and feel of an invasion of Congressional sacred space. And on a bipartisan basis, Congress raised holy hell. Showing up at a Senator's personal residence and politely taking possession of a cell phone ? Not the same vibe.
It's one thing for them to meet it's an international forum and shake hands politely, it's another thing for them to be seen actually talking to each other at length, having some kind of negotiations, trying to work something out.
We will ask them first why. First, if they acknowledge such fact as determined by us. Number 2, ask them why they are doing it. Number 3, we will politely ask them not to... not to do what they are doing.
If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure 'inflation'.
It was n’t so much we kicked him out because he was homeless. He was drunk. He had been drinking so we asked him politely to leave.
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