Politeful

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Polite. nonstandard, rare

    "Well the Aboriginals are trying to step forward a little but in a lot of ways the white man is still keeping them down, in a politeful sort of way."

Example

More examples

"Well the Aboriginals are trying to step forward a little but in a lot of ways the white man is still keeping them down, in a politeful sort of way."

Etymology

From polite + -ful.

More for "politeful"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.