polite

His tone remained polite, but he was panicking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

It's important to be polite, punctual and nice as those qualities help you build loyalty, she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Universal has its own interest in limiting noise from the ride, beyond being a polite neighbor, as it is still a working studio.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2026

He leads from behind, they say, which is a polite way of saying he lets the ball and the trophies do the talking.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

They said a polite goodbye to Mrs. Dorfer, then raced out of the house to their bikes.

From "Scream for Ice Cream: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #2" by Carolyn Keene

An 18-year-old woman said ghosting was “a little bit politer way to reject someone than to directly say, ‘I do not want to chat with you.’

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2022

In fact, the politer our discourse is in general, the more dramatic the effect when breaking the rules of politeness becomes necessary.

From Slate ● Nov. 14, 2018

"This is a politer was of saying 'hysteria,'" Traister tweeted.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2018

She admires various classical and modern dancers and choreographers and works, but her own dancers enact a brash and pitiless system of movement that disdains and subverts politer forms.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 22, 2015

“I’d be politer, if I was you, to the man with the glamry blade.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

There are some wonderful communicators in this Scotland team but, in the politest sense, they're fed up communicating and are just desperate to start delivering.

From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026

“The politest way is to enlist the aid of the flight attendants,” says Jodi RR Smith, an etiquette consultant.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024

I’ll say one thing for “Knock at the Cabin”: M. Night Shyamalan may have made the politest — and the most provocative — home-invasion horror movie you’ll ever see.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2023

The journalist Stanley Booth, in his book “The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones,” about the glory and the depravity of the band’s 1969 American tour, described Watts as “the world’s politest man.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 24, 2021

“I’m not sure how it’s possible that your outfit not only clashes but that it’s even louder than you,” Thorn said in her politest voice.

From "Witchlings" by Claribel A. Ortega