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polite
1. adj. Well-mannered, civilized.
It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.
2. adj. (obsolete) Smooth, polished, burnished.
3. v. (obsolete, transitive) To polish; to refine; to render polite.

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Should I address you with the familiar or polite form of "you"?  All the children in this class are very polite.  He is bright, and what is more, he is polite.  You cannot be too polite when you meet the president.  Working part-time at a supermarket, I found that some customers were polite whereas others weren't.

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