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Definition: Politely |
PolitelyAdverb1. In a polite manner; "the policeman answered politely, `Now look here, lady...'". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "politely" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Synonyms: PolitelySynonyms: courteously (adv), in a well mannered way (adv), with courtesy (adv), with politeness (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: impolitely (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Politely |
| English words defined with "politely": Civily, courteously, cursedly ♦ damnably, damned ♦ farewell ♦ in a well mannered way ♦ leave, leave-taking ♦ parting ♦ regret ♦ with courtesy, with politeness. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "politely": AFK ♦ cyberpunk ♦ NAK. (references) |
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Screenplays | Homer Simpson, smiling politely. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) Most Romans love her as their mother but Crassus dreams of marrying the old girl to put it politely. (Spartacus; writing credit: Howard Fast; Dalton Trumbo) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | It will take me an hour or so, I'm afraid, said Moore politely. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Politely, he kept his light on the ground and did not play it in her face. |
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Economic History | Egypt | American visitors/negotiators need to greet middle managers politely and enhance their status in front of their superiors. (references) |
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Rod Steiger | Well, I'll put it as politely as I can. It's like being in a bowl of yellow Jell-O made out of excrement and you're in the middle of it and it's shimmering all around you. And nothing comes in and nothing goes out and you don't care. |
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| "Politely" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 99.87% of the time. "Politely" is used about 771 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 99.87% | 770 | 8,931 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.13% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 771 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
politely | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "politely"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me finesë, me edukatë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بأدب, برقة (airily, gently, nicely, piano). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | учтиво (civilly, suavely), любезно (agreeably, graciously, kindly, nicely, pleasantly, well spoken), изискано. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 礼貌地. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zdvořile (civilly, courteously, nicely, respectfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kohteliaasti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | poliment, de manière courtoise, avec politesse. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | höfliche (complimentary, courteously, debonairly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ευγενικά (amiably, courteously, gently, kindly, nobly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | udvariasan (affably, blandly, civilly, courteously, obligingly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | dengan sopan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | "良く (decently, gracefully, plausibly, tactfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ていよく (decently, gracefully, low-wing, plausibly, tactfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 공손하게. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | olitelypay polidamente, ser bem educado. (various references) politicos (attentive, civil, complaisant, complimentary, considerate, courteous, fair, genteel, gentlemanlike, mannerly, parliamentary, polite, respectful, well bred), gentil (amiable, courteous, gentle, polite), amabil (affable, agreeable, amiable, amiably, bland, considerate, courteous, decent, endearing, fair, favorable, favourable, genial, good natured, good tempered, gracious, kind, kindly, lovable, obliging, obligingly, polite, sweet-tempered). (various references) вежливо (blandly, civilly, obligingly, urbanely). (various references) učtivo (blandly, civilly, mannerly, obligingly, well spoken). (various references) hövligt. (various references) nezaketle, nazikçe (civilly, gently, in style, kindly, sweetly), kibarca (aristocratically, civilly, gently, in style, mannerly, mildly, nicely, sweetly). (various references) чемно (affably, civilly, obligingly), ввічливо (affably, blandly, civilly, correctly, obligingly, respectfully). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "politely": impolitely. (additional references) | |
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"Politely" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Polytel, popliteal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "politely" (pronounced pulī"tlē) |
| 5 | -l ī" t l ē | lightly, slightly. |
| 4 | -ī" t l ē | brightly, forthrightly, knightly, nightly, rightly, sprightly, tightly, unsightly, Whitely. |
| 3 | -t l ē | abruptly, absolutely, abundantly, accidently, accurately, acutely, adamantly, adequately, adroitly, affectionately, alternately, apparently, appropriately, approximately, aptly, ardently, arrogantly, astutely, blatantly, bluntly, brilliantly, coherently, commensurately, compassionately, competently, complacently, completely, concomitantly, concretely, concurrently, confidently, consequently, consistently, constantly, conveniently, correctly, costly, courtly, covertly, currently, curtly, decently, defiantly, definitely, deftly, deliberately, delicately, desperately, devoutly, differently, difficultly, diligently, directly, discreetly, dishonestly, dispassionately, disproportionately, distinctly, earnestly, efficiently, elaborately, elegantly, eloquently, eminently, evidently, exactly, excellently, expertly, explicitly, exquisitely, extravagantly, exultantly, faintly, fervently, firstly, flagrantly, flamboyantly, flatly, fluently, fortnightly, fortunately, fraudulently, frequently, gently, ghastly, ghostly, greatly, hesitantly, honestly, hotly, illicitly, immaculately, immediately, imminently, impatiently, imperfectly, implicitly, importantly, imprudently, inaccurately, inadequately, inadvertently, inappropriately, incessantly, incoherently, incompetently, incorrectly, indefinitely, independently, indignantly, indirectly, indiscriminately, inefficiently, ineptly, infinitely, infrequently, inherently, innately, innocently, inordinately, insistently, instantly, insufficiently, intelligently, intently, intermittently, intimately, intricately, jointly, justly, lastly, lately, legitimately, leniently, magnificently, manifestly, militantly, minutely, moderately, modestly, mostly, motley, neatly, negligently, nonchalantly, obediently, overtly, partly, passionately, patently, patiently, perfectly, permanently, persistently, pleasantly, poignantly, portly, predominantly, presently, priestly, privately, prominently, promptly, proportionately, prudently, pungently, quaintly, quietly, raptly, recently, reluctantly, remotely, resolutely, reverently, robustly, saintly, secretly, separately, shortly, significantly, silently, smartly, softly, stately, steadfastly, stoutly, strictly, stridently, stringently, subsequently, succinctly, sufficiently, sweetly, swiftly, tacitly, transparently, triumphantly, ultimately, unfortunately, unjustly, unpleasantly, urgently, valiantly, vastly, vehemently, violently, virulently. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-l-o-p-t-y" | |
-2 letters: peyotl, piolet, polite, polity. | |
-3 letters: piety, pilot, telly, teloi, tepoy, toile, tolyl. | |
-4 letters: illy, lept, lilt, lily, lipe, lite, lope, loti, oily, pelt, pile, pill, pily, pity, plie, plot, ploy, poet, pole, poll, poly, tell, tile, till, toil, tole, toll, tope, topi, type, typo, yell, yelp, yeti, yill, yipe. | |
-5 letters: ell, ill, lei, let. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-l-o-p-t-y" | |
+1 letter: pellitory. | |
+2 letters: allotypies, impolitely, poetically. | |
+3 letters: apophyllite, ectopically, pointlessly, potentially. | |
+4 letters: apophyllites, despotically, entropically, incompletely, operatically, peritoneally, phonetically, phyllotaxies, polyphyletic, profligately, pyrophyllite, theophylline. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllite, complicatedly, employability, equipollently, exceptionally, explanatorily, exploratively, exponentially, genotypically, geotropically, multiemployer, operationally, orthoepically, periodontally, poliomyelitis, polydactylies, proleptically, prophetically, pyrophyllites, reportorially, superloyalist, theophyllines. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6C 69 74 65 6C 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01100101 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o l i t e l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006C 0069 0074 0065 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081787586717891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, 阿"巴尼亚语, 阿爾巴尼亞人 , albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, 알"니아, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, 阿拉伯 , arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, 아라비아, arabic, арабский, arapski, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, 保 利亚, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, 불가리아, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | kinez, الصينية, لغة الصين, صيني, الصيني أحد أبناء الصين, китайски, 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, チフス菌 , チャイニーズ , 중국, chinês, chinezesc, chinezeşte, chinezã, chinez, китайский, китаец, kineski jezik, kineski, kinesisk, çinli, çince, çin ile ilgili, çin, китаянка, китайська мова, китайський, кита"ць |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, 체", ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, 핀란", finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , "랑스, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, ジプシー音楽 , ジャーマン , 독일, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", 그리스, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, 헝가리, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, 印度尼西亞語 , 印度尼西亚语, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", 인도네시아, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Japanese Kanji | 辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Japanese Katakana | じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょ | japonez, يابانية, ياباني, اليابانية, اللغة اليابانية, японски език, японци, японски, 日語 , 日语, 日本 , 日文 , 倭 , japonský, japanilainen, Japonais, japaner, japanisch, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", 일본, japonês, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac, japansk, Japonca, японська мова, японський, японка, японець |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | korean, اللغة الكورية, كوري جنوبي, كوري شمالي, كوري, корейски език, корейски, 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, limba coreeanã, coreean, кореец, корейский, korejski, korejski jezik, koreanac, koreansk, kore'li, кореянка, коре"ць, корейська мова, корейський |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, ポルトガル語 , ポルトガル", 포르투갈, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, 罗马尼亚语, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, 루마니아, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", 러시아, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | 塞"维亚-克罗地亚语, 塞爾維亞克羅地亞語 , serbokroatisch, 세르보크로아티아, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, スウェーデン語 , スウェーデン", 스웨덴, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, 土耳其語 , 土耳其, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, 乌克兰, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ukrainare, ukraynalı, ukrayna, ukraynaca, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, 영국, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Fiction 8. Quotations: Non-fiction | 9. Quotations: Spoken 10. Usage Frequency 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Orthography | 17. Bibliography |
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