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Meanings of formally polite in English

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Usage of formally polite in English
1
The mask of the polite student of percents had returned; he became formally polite.
The Blue Wall / A Story of Strangeness and Struggle
2
He betrayed himself-foolthat he is-bybeing too formally polite to her, before me.
The Trader's Wife / 1901
3
Kingozi's accent was getting to be more formally polite.
The Leopard Woman
4
He cut the man short with a formally polite phrase, and betook himself to his house.
Elder Conklin and Other Stories
5
While Zita was gushingly effusive, Locke was correct and formally polite as he bowed his acquiescence.
The Master Mystery
6
The dragon dipped his head, formally polite.
The Kagonesti (A Story of the Wild Elves)
7
Afterward, for a while, there was an awkward sort of awareness between them that made them formally polite.
Go home, stranger
8
In the hurry that was on him he did not remember to be formally polite, as was his habit.
Alice of Old Vincennes
9
Bury could remember, years before, a dowdy old sister, to whom Lady Henry had been on occasion formally polite.
Lady Rose's Daughter
10
Hunt bowed, with a formally polite smile, and said formally, "I'm very glad to meet you, Miss Cameron."
Children of the Whirlwind
11
Mutually timid, they were of course formally polite, and no plain speaking could have told one another more distinctly that each was defensive.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
12
"Eve," Billy said in a kind of stilted, formally polite voice.
Side Jobs
13
'Would you like something to drink?' It was clear that she was being no more than formally polite.
Death at La Fenice
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