What is the meaning of polite?

adjective

  • Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc..
  • Marked by refinement in taste and manners.
    • usage: "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
  • Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others."even if he didn't like them he should have been civil- W. S. Maugham
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