English-Thai Dictionary
politeness
N ความ สุภาพอ่อนโยน ความ เรียบร้อย ความ มี มารยาท ความ นอบน้อม courtesy kwam-su-pab-on-yon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
POLITENESS
n.Polish or elegance of manners; gentility; good breeding; ease and gracefulness of manners, united with a desire to please others and a careful attention to their wants and wishes. 1. Courteousness; complaisance; obliging attentions.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
POLITENESS
POLITENESS Po *lite "ness, n.
1. High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance. [R.] Evelyn.
2. The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
Syn. -- Courtesy; good breeding; refinement; urbanity; courteousness; affability; complaisance; civility; gentility; courtliness. -- Politeness, Courtesy. Politeness denotes that ease and gracefulness of manners which first sprung up in cities, connected with a desire to please others by anticipating their wants and wishes, and studiously avoiding whatever might give them pain. Courtesy is, etymologically, the politeness of courts. It displays itself in the address and manners; it is shown more especially in receiving and entertaining others, and is a union of dignified complaisance and kindness.
Oxford Thesaurus
politeness
politeness noun I have been treated with great politeness: courtesy, civility, respect, deference, good breeding, manners, good manners, chivalry, gallantry, gentility, cultivation, grace, urbanity; tact, tactfulness, consideration, considerateness, thoughtfulness, discretion, diplomacy; dated mannerliness. ANTONYMS rudeness.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
politeness
po lite ness 名詞 U 丁寧さ, 礼儀正しさ ; 思いやり (→courtesy 1 ).
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