Reverse Dictionary: POLITE

ADJECTIVES
1400 ► HYNDE courteous, polite, gentle → obs.
1460 ► MANNERABLE well-behaved, polite → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1783 ► MENSEFUL mannerly, polite, well-behaved; courteous, well-bred; respectful → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1887 ► MANNERSOME courteous, polite, well-mannered → Amer. dial.
1905 ► POLITE AS A BASKET OF CHIPS very polite and smiling → Amer. dial. (Bk.)
1922 ► MANNERSABLE courteous, polite, well-mannered → Amer. dial.
1922 ► NICE AS PIE very polite; very agreeable → US sl.
1929 ► MANNERSLY courteous, polite, well-mannered → Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
1519 ► MANNERLY with good manners; politely, courteously → obs.

NOUNS
1737 ► MENSE decency, propriety, decorum; sense, discretion, tact; good manners, politeness → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1822 ► ERUDITION politeness, respect, courtesy → Sc. obs.
1834 ► AN IRON HAND IN A VELVET GLOVE rigid firmness accompanied by courtesy, politeness, and gentleness
1870 ► FAIR FASHIONS good manners, politeness → Sc.
1879 ► FALLAL → FALLOL affectation in manner, fussy show of politeness → Eng. dial.
1900 ► FALAHVER unctuous politeness; exaggerated civility expressed in words, ‘palaver’ → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► QUANDORUM a polite speech or gesture → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1942 ► BUNK excessive politeness → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
1942 ► THE POLITE politeness → Amer. sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS, PERSON
1599 ► GARB-MASTER one who professes the art of polite behaviour → obs.
1965 ► CHESTERFIELD a very courteous or polite person → Amer. dial.