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Meanings of elaborately polite in English

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Usage of elaborately polite in English
1
We were elaborately polite, and we each made a meritorious effort to appear at our ease.
The Guilty River
2
Nevertheless, he is elaborately polite.
Chinatown
3
The others were elaborately polite to him, and during the soup they talked of the weather and the political situation.
Of Human Bondage
4
Tom was very polite to him, elaborately polite; but he left town very soon, and she seemed dazed....
Together
5
It would seem easier, on the whole, to open a dictionary of quotations than to compose an elaborately polite letter, requesting to know who said-
Americans and Others
6
She was vexed with him still, but it would have been stupid as well as ungrateful to show her annoyance except by being elaborately polite.
The Port of Adventure
7
"Pardon me," he replied, adopting his most elaborately polite manner.
Poor Miss Finch
8
"Hump," he said to me, elaborately polite, "kindly take Mr. Mugridge's arm and help him up on deck.
The Sea-Wolf
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