politeness

«politeness» in Mova's school dictionary: behaving with good manners and respect for other people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (politeness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Politeness is behaving with good manners and respect for other people, for example saying please and thank you. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, politeness covers greetings, waiting your turn, holding the door, saying sorry, not interrupting. In stories politeness often wins help or friends. Politeness rules differ between countries and families. Phrases: out of politeness, with great politeness, simple politeness.

examples

• Politeness costs nothing. tree →
• Out of politeness, he ate the soup he didn't like. tree →
• The teacher praised our politeness on the trip. tree →
• Saying «thank you» is basic politeness. tree →
• She answered with great politeness. tree →
• Politeness helps people get along. tree →
• The king, and queen, and the whole court, were at tea with the princess; and he was received with great politeness. tree →

note

Uncountable: «politeness», not «a politeness». Adjective: polite; opposite: rudeness, impolite. Politeness is not the same as obeying everyone: you can say no to a stranger politely and still keep yourself safe.

In the corpora

• Politeness never comes before your safety.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «politeness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.