polite

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

po·lite [polite politer politest] BrE [pəˈlaɪt] NAmE [pəˈlaɪt] adjective (po·liter, po·litest) more polite and most polite are also common
1. having or showing good manners and respect for the feelings of others
Syn: ↑courteous
• Please be polite to our guests.
• We were all too polite to object.
Opp: ↑impolite
2. socially correct but not always sincere
• I don't know how to make polite conversation.
• The performance was greeted with polite applause.
3. only before noun from a class of society that believes it is better than others
•‘Bum’ is not a word we use in polite company.
Derived Words: ↑politely ▪ ↑politeness

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the Latin sense): from Latin politus ‘polished, made smooth’, past participle of polire.

Thesaurus:
polite adj. (usually approving)
•Please be polite to our guests.
civil • |approving courteous • • respectful • • gracious • • gentlemanly • |especially written deferential •
Opp: rude, Opp: impolite
polite/civil/courteous/respectful/gracious/deferential to sb
a polite/civil/courteous/respectful/gentlemanly manner
polite/courteous behaviour

Example Bank:
•She was scrupulously polite to him.
•an overly polite smile
•If you just go and ask in a polite way, you might get what you want.
•In Western culture, it is polite to maintain eye contact during conversation.
•We all stood around making polite conversation.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  civil, civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  uncivil, rude, impolite