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- adjective
superlative form ofpolite : mostpolite .
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Examples
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It is not for nothing that Questa la Platta is known as the politest town in New Mexico.
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Anon, that's got to be the 'politest' rant I've ever seen.
So True Editorial Anonymous 2010
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I approach him as he is talking again to his cement worker, let him know on the politest possible terms, sir, I just wanted to let you know that no fewer than six people on your block just signed the petition.
Here we go again with copyright and Oregon public records (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009
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From the 15, pick a few that work for you and help make this the politest year yet!
Jodi R. R. Smith: Polite Resolutions Jodi R. R. Smith 2011
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Newt can go fly a kite (that was the politest thing I could come up with)!
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From the 15, pick a few that work for you and help make this the politest year yet!
Jodi R. R. Smith: Polite Resolutions Jodi R. R. Smith 2011
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One world-famous African musician, one of the politest people I have met, told me he was stunned at the arrogance of British officials.
Bureaucracy is turning Britain into a cultural backwater | Ian Birrell 2011
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– Sorry, but this is the politest word I have for this man.
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"I have to say, she is one of the politest people I have ever met; every time the German – or, as I kept pointing out to her, mostly Turkish and Polish – players managed to slip another one past our lads, she would turn to me and say, 'I am really very sorry.'"
Diary 2010
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Martin actually talked to an unemployed man who lost his COBRA benefits and asked him to weigh getting COBRA/unemployment benefits against long term debt, and the guy gave the politest possible answer, which was "I don't know."
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