Polite - Definition
polite
adj 1: showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior,
etc. [ant: impolite]
2: marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated
speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel
old lady"; "polite society" [syn: civilized, civilised,
cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite]
3: 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 [syn: civil,
polite] [ant: rude, uncivil]