politely

Example Sentences

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Everybody stared politely at the picture of a palm tree.

From Literature

Sadako thanked her mother politely, but she didn’t care about a kimono.

From Literature

Usually, she talked so much during the movie the boy sometimes had to politely shush her, but she barely spoke, barely ate her pizza.

From Literature

We chuckled politely and invited him to make himself comfortable on one of the benches.

From Literature

Corey O’Connor, who occupies Pittsburgh’s mayoral seat, put it more politely.

From The Wall Street Journal