Dictionary Entry
polite
polite is a 6-letter English word with 7 senses as verb, transitive verb, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Smooth; polished. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 10 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1verb
Smooth; polished.
- 2verb
Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
- 3verb
Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.
- 4transitive verb
To polish; to refine; to render polite.
- 5adjective
showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
- 6adjective
not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others- W.S. Maugham
"even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"
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- 7adjective
marked by refinement in taste and manners
"cultivated speech"
"cultured Bostonians"
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