Synonyms

1. civility

Sentence Examples

1. Round the skins six of the men belonging to the fold seated themselves, having first with rough politeness pressed Don Quixote to take a seat upon a trough which they placed for him upside down.
2. Out of pure vexation he remained without eating, and out of pure politeness Sancho did not venture to touch a morsel of what was before him, but waited for his master to act as taster.
3. The duchess came out splendidly attired, and Don Quixote, in pure courtesy and politeness, held the rein of her palfrey, though the duke wanted not to allow him and at last they reached a wood that lay between two high mountains, where, after occupying various posts, ambushes, and paths, and distributing the party in different positions, the hunt began with great noise, shouting, and hallooing, so that, between the baying of the hounds and the blowing of the horns, they could not hear one another.
4. Don Quixote returned his salutation with equal politeness, and dismounting from Rocinante advanced with well-bred bearing and grace to embrace him, and held him for some time close in his arms as if he had known him for a long time.
5. Hector started the truck up, touching a finger to his hat in a gesture of politeness seen all over Texas.
6. And so out of politeness I sit there watching this thing on the Crucifixion.
7. Harrison Ainsworth, to whose politeness our agent is also indebted for much verbal information respecting the balloon itself, its construction, and other matters of interest.
8. He treated her with the strictest politeness, but with the precision of an automaton, the movements of which had been arranged for this purpose.
9. Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing.
10. I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness it is much more to my taste than modern ease modern ease often disgusts me.