Definition of Politenesses

1. Noun. (plural of politeness) ¹

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Definition of Politenesses

1. politeness [n] - See also: politeness

Lexicographical Neighbors of Politenesses

polishment
polishments
polisht
polistine
polistines
politainer
politainers
politburo
politburos
polite
polite fiction
polite society
politeia
politely
politeness
politenesses (current term)
politer
politesse
politesses
politest
politic
political
political action committee
political arena
political asylum
political boss
political campaign
political climate
political commissar
political conservative

Literary usage of Politenesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Routledge's Every Boy's Annual by Edmund Routledge (1886)
"... merely answering the interruption with a smile, "ought to be unusually particular about keeping up all the politenesses of civilized life, ..."

2. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1899)
"Small inexpensive brightness, in the way of pictures and magazines will lie in wait to catch and please the eye and mind ; little politenesses of manner and ..."

3. The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents: Travels and Explorations of the by Reuben Gold Thwaites, Jesuits (1898)
"... others do not cease to protest that they believe, with a thousand politenesses and flatteries, which end [8] at last only in asking for something or in ..."

4. Annual Report by Hawaiian Evangelical Association (1908)
"... manners and the numberless little politenesses that seem so small and yet are so great, are constantly taught and practiced. The hearty Thank you' and ..."

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