Grammatical class
Adverb
poliment
politely
Details
Syllables
po-li-ment
Phonetics
po.li.mɑ̃
Grammatical class
Adverb
Freq. (books)
5153
Freq. (movies)
8452
Freq. (news)
21599
Sentences
Tom s'inclina poliment.
Tom bowed politely.
Petit Vénusien demande poliment pour aller aux toilettes.
Little Venusian politely asks for the toilet.
Ses connaissances du russe sont, pour l'exprimer poliment, encore perfectibles.
His knowledge of Russian can, to be polite, still be improved.
Tout le monde a écouté poliment.
Everyone listened politely.
Il a poliment refusé l'offre d'emploi.
He declined the job-offer very politely.
Tom sourit poliment.
Tom smiled politely.
Il l'a remerciée poliment.
He politely thanked her.
Tu aurais dû parler plus poliment.
You should've spoken more politely.
Il la remercia très poliment et partit en vitesse.
He thanked her very politely and quickly left.
Tom me salua poliment.
Tom greeted me politely.
Je m'inclinai poliment.
I bowed politely.