politeness

nounB1 · Intermediate

The quality of being kind and showing good behaviour.

Meaning of «politeness»

noun

the quality of being kind and showing good behaviour

His politeness impressed everyone at the dinner table.

Translation

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«politeness» in 17 languages

AR العربية

AZ Azərbaycan

DE Deutsch

ES Español

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FR Français

HI हिन्दी

ID Indonesia

JA 日本語

KO 한국어

PT Português

RO Română

RU Русский

TH ไทย

TR Türkçe

UK Українська

UZ O‘zbek

VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

polite behaviour

politenessgood manners in generalShe treated everyone with politeness.

courtesypolite behaviour that shows respectThe hotel staff treated us with courtesy.

civilitythe smallest amount of polite behaviourEven in an argument, we should show civility.

Word family

polite A2 · adjectivepoliteness B1 · nounpolitely B1 · adverbimpolite B1 · adjectiveimpolitely B2 · adverb

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