polite

Perhaps more polite and compliant nations could make their peace with that arrangement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026

The hope is to become a "big fish" who mediates between the grunts and those with cash, maybe even entering polite society.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

I left our short chat feeling uplifted by how smiley and polite he was in daylight and while we were sober.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 3, 2026

It was pulled two years later because of “high cost, privacy concerns, and public confusion about its purpose” — a polite rewording of “I look like a dork and everyone thinks I’m awful.”

From Salon ● Jul. 2, 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

Bravo responded with a politer version in “Top Chef.”

From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2026

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

And the video has so many star cameos it feels like a politer version of that misbegotten cover of “Imagine.”

From Slate ● Jun. 12, 2020

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

Although Harry watched his two friends more closely over the next few days, Ron and Hermione did not seem any different except that they were a little politer to each other than usual.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling

“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

When confronted about these statements by a reporter, McCain defended the use of the term, saying it was the politest term he could think of.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2021

You are, to put it in the politest terms, easily distracted.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2019

Researchers have detailed the difficulty of confronting prejudice, but they have also found that even the politest of objections – or subtle corrections to loaded words – can almost instantly curb a speaker’s behavior.

From New York Times ● Oct. 12, 2016

"Good afternoon," I say in my politest voice.

From "Born Behind Bars" by Padma Venkatraman