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Meanings of more polite in English

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Usage of more polite in English
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In doing so I knocked against another reporter, who was more polite.
My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
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I never saw a man more polite to ladies in my life.
International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1,...
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They'll get more polite once we've blown up a building or two.
The Cylons’ Secret
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I certainly had no right to expect anything more polite from him.
St. Elmo
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Nothing, she said, could have been more polite according to Erewhonian etiquette.
Erewhon; Or, Over the Range
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Bernard, my dear, do try to be more polite to your sister.
Mrs. Day's Daughters
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Imagine a more polite Russell Crowe or a less sleek Guy Pearce.
The Irish Times
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How much more polite the Russians were-somuch more gallant and kind-hearted!
Trapped in 'Black Russia': Letters June-November 1915
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Barrett looked at her with interest that was clearly more polite than genuine.
Hell House
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Except it's not said like that; the wording is more polite and considerate.
The Irish Times
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This wasn't downtown; he probably expected a more polite police force.
The perfect woman
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He was much more polite and poised than Katie's usual friends.
Family ties
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It is always, however, more polite to bow; that civility hurts no one.
Manners and Social Usages
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But it would have been more polite to let me know.
A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
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But he had pulled himself together and was more polite when he answered.
The Case of Jennie Brice
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The King needs persons more discreet, less violent, and more polite.
Memoirs of Madame la Marquise de Montespan — Volume 5
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