1. Verb
Smooth; polished.
2. Verb
Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil.
3. Verb
Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature.
4. Verb
To polish; to refine; to render polite.
5. Adjective
marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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