polite

Words with a similar base: polite

'polite'

[polite.a.01] as in: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.

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'polite'

[civilized.s.01] as in: marked by refinement in taste and manners

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Examples:
cultivated speech
cultured Bostonians
cultured tastes
a genteel old lady
polite society

'polite'

[civil.a.02] as in: not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; - W.S.

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Maugham

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Examples:
even if he didn't like them he should have been civil