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Definition of politesse in English: politessenoun ˌpɒlɪˈtɛsˌpäləˈtes mass nounFormal politeness or etiquette. 〈正式〉礼貌,客气,礼节 the suave, circumlocutory politesse of a consular official Example sentencesExamples - Now, some of you may not have kindly old men with cupcakes standing by, ready targets for your politesse.
- Has a sudden outbreak of politesse gripped the Internet?
- If I wanted to talk about the laundry, politesse would indicate that you'd see me.
- Neither of them have the courage to break the politesse of the arrangement, and intend to see the date through to the end.
- And he should not be making excuses for his idiot cronies or relying on politesse and bureaucratic snafus to explain why he was late when the crisis hit.
- For a moment I thought one of them might warn the staff, but they didn't and anyway the French have an overlay of politesse that makes them immune from such idly malevolent vibes.
- ‘There is always a level of politesse among elites,’ says Susan P. Koniak, a professor of legal ethics at Boston University School of Law.
- The unity is not a matter of social politesse or cooperation, but the essential unity of those who share the same flesh and the same bones.
- As sexual and scatological as the subjects might be, they are rendered with a kind of politesse that is rare in contemporary graphic art.
- Then there are independent directors who, through perseverance and politesse, can convince even a rubber-stamp board to reverse course and oust its CEO.
- The same could not be said for Foley, whose Midwestern politesse never quite gelled with the salty bare-knuckles feistiness that's become the DN's trademark.
- Ok then, enough with the politesse, let's not beat around the mulberry.
- Even the purportedly daring offerings had about them a certain politesse that left only a gossamer impression.
- He hasn't succumbed to the fatal politesse and detachment that afflicts many musicians trained to within an inch of their lives.
- Through a twenty-year correspondence, Otto von Habsburg has also shown me the manners and politesse of the Old World juxtaposed with the pragmatism and political sense of the new.
- I continue to press for details because it is clear he is interested in talking, but that he's got an evolved sense of politesse so many drivers lack.
- Where the others chased secretaries around desks, he dated women with politesse.
- The other is that it seems almost frivolous in its politesse.
- It sounds so unrealistically, unsophisticatedly direct - so lacking in politesse and not something that is actually done in the real world.
- No soft, nonpartisan politesse can erase that well-recorded, hard history.
Synonyms sensitivity, understanding, thoughtfulness, consideration, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, discernment, judgement, prudence, judiciousness, perception, subtlety, wisdom, tactfulness
OriginEarly 18th century: French, from Italian politezza, pulitezza, from pulito 'polite'. Rhymesacquiesce, address, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes Definition of politesse in US English: politessenounˌpäləˈtes Formal politeness or etiquette. 〈正式〉礼貌,客气,礼节 the suave, circumlocutory politesse of a consular official Example sentencesExamples - If I wanted to talk about the laundry, politesse would indicate that you'd see me.
- Has a sudden outbreak of politesse gripped the Internet?
- The unity is not a matter of social politesse or cooperation, but the essential unity of those who share the same flesh and the same bones.
- Now, some of you may not have kindly old men with cupcakes standing by, ready targets for your politesse.
- It sounds so unrealistically, unsophisticatedly direct - so lacking in politesse and not something that is actually done in the real world.
- The same could not be said for Foley, whose Midwestern politesse never quite gelled with the salty bare-knuckles feistiness that's become the DN's trademark.
- Neither of them have the courage to break the politesse of the arrangement, and intend to see the date through to the end.
- Even the purportedly daring offerings had about them a certain politesse that left only a gossamer impression.
- For a moment I thought one of them might warn the staff, but they didn't and anyway the French have an overlay of politesse that makes them immune from such idly malevolent vibes.
- He hasn't succumbed to the fatal politesse and detachment that afflicts many musicians trained to within an inch of their lives.
- Where the others chased secretaries around desks, he dated women with politesse.
- The other is that it seems almost frivolous in its politesse.
- And he should not be making excuses for his idiot cronies or relying on politesse and bureaucratic snafus to explain why he was late when the crisis hit.
- As sexual and scatological as the subjects might be, they are rendered with a kind of politesse that is rare in contemporary graphic art.
- Through a twenty-year correspondence, Otto von Habsburg has also shown me the manners and politesse of the Old World juxtaposed with the pragmatism and political sense of the new.
- I continue to press for details because it is clear he is interested in talking, but that he's got an evolved sense of politesse so many drivers lack.
- Ok then, enough with the politesse, let's not beat around the mulberry.
- Then there are independent directors who, through perseverance and politesse, can convince even a rubber-stamp board to reverse course and oust its CEO.
- No soft, nonpartisan politesse can erase that well-recorded, hard history.
- ‘There is always a level of politesse among elites,’ says Susan P. Koniak, a professor of legal ethics at Boston University School of Law.
Synonyms sensitivity, understanding, thoughtfulness, consideration, delicacy, diplomacy, discretion, discernment, judgement, prudence, judiciousness, perception, subtlety, wisdom, tactfulness
OriginEarly 18th century: French, from Italian politezza, pulitezza, from pulito ‘polite’. |