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Answer for the clue "Good manners ", 9 letters:
politesse
Alternative clues for the word politesse
Word definitions for politesse in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. civility, politeness, courtesy or gallantry; or an instance of this.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Politesse \Pol`i*tesse"\, n. [F.] Politeness.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"civility," 1717, from French politesse (17c.), from Italian politezza , properly "the quality of being polite," from polito "polite," from Latin politus (see polite ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. courtesy towards women [syn: chivalry , gallantry ]
Usage examples of politesse.
His expression was angelic and open, without a trace of cultivated politesse or pretense.
Both were highly skilled in cultivated politesse, and before long the curious had returned to their conversations.
It was a tactic Eurocops often employed against Yanks, that overdone, unfamiliar politesse, but she had faced it before, rather enjoyed the brittle game of it.
Marcus with the politesse of a man raised at his ease among the nobility.
Under the politesse and apparent impartiality, Daddy was heading straight for a definite purpose with the aid of Mr.
Sir Stentor, dressed in the most fashionable manner, and behaving with all the overstrained politesse of a native Frenchman.
The response would be in a similar vein and we'd usually keep it up all through the meal, tossing off the worst obscenities imaginable and doing it with a certain politesse, as if we were discussing sisal-growing in the Bahamas.