How to use politely in a sentence

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• We can't all talk together; let's take turns politely.From the entry together
• At Paisley, a station staff member politely but firmly asks why RAIL is taking so many photographs.2025 March 5, “Ayr miles with a 'Spirit of Scotland'”, in RAIL, number 1030, page 43. From the entry apologetic
• I would like to politely request all blasterbaters to please cease and desist of their blasterbation.2024 July 5, Kendra Stanton Lee, “Blasterbating Needs to Stop. Turn Down For What? – Opinion”, in Newsweek, archived from the original on…. From the entry blasturbator
• Proud Boys have also taken great pains to phrase their bigotry politely.2021 November 11, Tom Mockaitis, “‘Legacy American’ is the latest catchphrase in the racist lexicon”, in The Hill. From the entry antibias
• Tolek politely asked to be let out, but the officers just laughed.2020, Leon Silver, The Miracle Typist. From the entry fershnickered
• Mates' rates.’ I must have looked wary because he added, ‘She's good.’ I nodded politely.2014, Jonathan Harvey, The Girl Who Just Appeared, Pan Macmillan, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry mates' rates
• Salem politely admired the rifles, but his disinterest was hard to mask.2012, Dave Eggers, chapter 26, in A Hologram for the King, San Francisco: McSweeney’s Books, page 231. From the entry disinterest
• You know all those LOL-tastic Mayan calendar, “the end is nigh” jokes we’ve politely tolerated for months?2012 December 18, Grace Dent, “Beijing cuts to the chase with doom mongers”, in The Independent, London: Independent News & Media…. From the entry LOLtastic
• If you ask politely here, some people will provide it for free by email.2012 January 21, Jay Hennigan, “Combo Padlock Lookup”, in alt.locksmithing (Usenet), archived from the original on 08 Dec 2025. From the entry September That Never Ended
• A boy that sat across me politely introduced himself as Jackson Klausner.2011, Danielle Butler, Scars of Eternity, page 30. From the entry across
• If the number of humans is infinite, you've got Shakespeare, politely cranking out his magnum opi.2006 December 7, "Agent Smith", “Re: Hidden Code in The Bells”, in rec.org.mensa (Usenet), retrieved 21 Mar 2008. From the entry magnum opi
• “Assalamu alaikum, Nibal” Hajar said politely to the sleek, spotted animal.2005, Many Voices One Faith, →ISBN, page 72. From the entry assalamu alaikum
• But he had to perform the rites of hospitality, had to behave politely to his ally.1989, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, translated by H. T. Willetts, August 1914, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN. From the entry rite
• We wanted the Vietnam veteran to politely go away — to get lost.1981 April 22, “Belated ‘welcome home’ to Vietnam veterans”, in The Romulus Roman, volume 96, number 2, Wayne, Mich.: Associated…. From the entry ashamingly
• "You sound superwonderful," Mary Anne said, politely, perhaps, given her taste, when the disc had ended.1973, Philip K. Dick, chapter 22, in Flow my tears, the policeman said. From the entry superwonderful
• 'I suppose he has to work hard now?' suggested Elsie politely.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry garrulity
• Difference, no longer to be politely ignored, is insisted upon at all times under the guise of acknowledging “positionality.”2023 August 14, Tyler Austin Harper, “I’m a Black Professor. You Don’t Need to Bring That Up.”, in The Atlantic. From the entry positionality
• “Up from London, are we?” the barman asks politely.2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, “London Is Special, but Not That Special”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 Sep 2013. From the entry barman
• Logan, what with his built-in adamantium hedge-clippers, politely declines.2013 July 25, Chris Knight, “The Wolverine, reviewed: Hugh Jackman gives his best grizzle in lumbering action flick”, in National Post…. From the entry hedge-clippers
• Alan popped round too at lunchtime but I politely told him to hop it and call back later.2003, Stephen Walton, Interference, Lulu, published 2007, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry hop it
• Burns replies politely but unforthcomingly about this poem; he uses his allegedly untutored social manners to excuse his lack of response.1995, Moira Ferguson, Eighteenth-Century Women Poets: Nation, Class, and Gender, page 96. From the entry unforthcomingly
• She greeted the bikini-clad and board-shorted onlookers politely between poses for photographs that apparently were destined for a weekly magazine.1988 January 6, Wendy Tuohy, “Still a place to be seen and overheard”, in The Age, number 41,374, page 8. From the entry board-shorted
• Politely I asked for a glass of plain water.1971 June 17, The Straits Times, page 19. From the entry plain water
• Polite calls paid by the former on the latter were as politely returned; but at that it ended.1948, Andrew Caldecott, chapter 2, in Fires Burn Blue. From the entry disinterest
• The curlyhead was laughing politely and robustly.1930, Fitzhugh Buckner, Hooper dooper!. From the entry curlyhead
• "I beg your pardon!" says one of the girls politely who has not heard his modest effort at conversation.1914 April, Eric H. May, “The Metamorphosis of a ‘Fusser’”, in Paul Sykes, editor, Vox Lycei: Official Organ of the Ottawa Collegiate…. From the entry sidle
• "How do you do?" began Pollyanna politely.1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 8, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC. From the entry how do you do
• The glance was politely unnoting, but in it there yet lurked, far back, the unmistakable quality of a caress.1905, Harry Leon Wilson, The Boss of Little Arcady. From the entry unnoting
• "Good-mawnin', suh," he said, lifting his cap politely.1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company…. From the entry suh
• You might politely describe this werewolf thriller set in the English countryside, in which the werewolf is kept off-camera, as a slow-burn.2023 May 2, Cath Clarke, “Wolf Garden review – English rural werewolf horror is a major slow burn”, in The Guardian. From the entry slow burn
• My fellow students, as politely as they could manage, explained to their up-country cousin why none of these things were possible or desirable.2020 April 22, “Letters: Open Access: Changes in London”, in RAIL, number 903, page 31. From the entry country cousin
• “Poor Elizabeth,” he had teased gently, “smiling politely at all your admirers in the ballroom and secretly nursing two feetful of blisters."2016, Mary Balogh, A Chance Encounter, →ISBN. From the entry footful
• That night the boss was being a propa jobsworth, so I had to give he woman a Scotty smile and politely pie her off.2016 October 20, w:Scotty T, A Shore Thing. From the entry pie off
• What do you do when you talk a mentch (civilized, decent human being), ask politely for something you deserve and don't get it.2002, Givon Zirkind, Tales of a Recalcitrant Husband and His Journeys, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry mentch
• A wise diner who is invited to visit the kitchen replies by saying, as politely as possible, that he has a pressing engagement elsewhere.1983, Calvin Trillin, Third Helpings. From the entry diner
• Corinne Antell, exotic in an East Indian sari I had not seen before, a gold lamé creation that reflected her unschoolmarmish affluence, was politely demure.1974, Kay Martin, Vanessa, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, page 209. From the entry unschoolmarmish
• So, when the BigMan threatens to bring "Fire and Fury" down on his counterpart in North Korea, is this just another bit of theater we should politely ignore?2017 August 9, dm_callier, “ Prez Cheeto's "Big Windys"”, in rec.outdoors.rv-travel (Usenet). From the entry Trumpanese
• When the tea was ready they both drank politely and said it hit the spot, even though it wasn’t very hot and had a funny vegetably taste.1995, Diane Simmons, Dreams Like Thunder, Story Line Press, →ISBN, page 98. From the entry vegetably

Meaning of politely

1. adverb In a polite manner.

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Questions about politely in a sentence

How do you use politely in a sentence?

Politely is used as an adverb. For example: “We can't all talk together; let's take turns politely.”

What is a short sentence with politely?

“"How do you do?" began Pollyanna politely.”

What does politely mean?

Politely means in a polite manner.