polite
Từ điển Collocation
polite adj.
VERBS be, seem, sound | remain
ADV. extremely, very | perfectly, scrupulously, unfailingly | fairly, quite | coolly, formally His manner was coolly polite and impersonal.
PREP. to She was scrupulously polite to him.
Từ điển WordNet
adj.
- showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
- marked by refinement in taste and manners; civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel
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; civil
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
politer|politest
syn.: civil courteous gracious refined respectful tactful well-mannered
ant.: impolite
