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Meanings of polite society in anglès

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Usage of polite society in anglès
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Is it acceptable in polite society to say Beethoven symphonies are overrated?
The Guardian
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Your plan is not according to the customs of polite society, Monsieur.
Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales
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Kenloe puts it in the mouths of leaders of polite society.
Equality
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Even in polite society language was freely used that would make us gasp.
Luther Examined and Reexamined / A Review of Catholic Criticism ...
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Her lover might be ignorant of the ways of polite society.
The Foolish Virgin
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A number of people seated themselves with the good manners of polite society.
The Inferno
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She dropped into all the graceful ways of polite society intuitively.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 / Little J...
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Rubens had long been accustomed to the ways of polite society.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
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You give him a dump on the floor for polite society.
Boy Scouts in Mexico; Or, On Guard with Uncle Sam
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He was young and well-looking, evidently one accustomed to polite society.
Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession / A Novel
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Lastly, my mother began teaching me how to comport myself in polite society.
The Name of the Wind
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Now tell me: do you know what impression polite society made on me?
The Irrational Knot / Being the Second Novel of His Nonage
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LockerRoom: There are certain suggestions and conversational gambits which are inappropriate in polite society.
The Irish Times
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In Banbridge no one in trade was considered in polite society, with one exception.
The Debtor: A Novel
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And this is the usual level of thinking in polite society concerning the Jews.
Impressions of Theophrastus Such
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These, however, have fallen out of favor in polite society.
Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society / A condensed but t...
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Polite society through the time
Polite society across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common