transcription, транскрипция: [ pəlaɪt ]
( politer, politest)
1.
Someone who is polite has good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct and not rude to other people.
Everyone around him was trying to be polite, but you could tell they were all bored...
It’s not polite to point or talk about strangers in public...
Gately, a quiet and very polite young man, made a favourable impression...
I hate having to make polite conversation.
≠ rude
ADJ
• po‧lite‧ly
‘Your home is beautiful,’ I said politely...
≠ rudely
ADV : usu ADV with v , also ADV adj
• po‧lite‧ness
She listened to him, but only out of politeness.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to people who consider themselves to be socially superior and to set standards of behaviour for everyone else as polite society or polite company .
Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.
ADJ : ADJ n