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{
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{
"word": "impolite"
},
{
"word": "rude"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "bad-mannered"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "ill-mannered"
}
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"word": "over-polite"
},
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"word": "polite fiction"
},
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"word": "polite literature"
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"word": "politeness"
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{
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{
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"2": "la",
"3": "polītus",
"4": "",
"5": "polished"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
{
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"4": "I polish, smooth"
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},
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],
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{
"form": "politer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "more polite",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "politest",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
},
{
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"superlative"
]
}
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}
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"word": "chivalrous"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "gallant"
},
{
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"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "gentlemanlike"
},
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "gentlemanly"
}
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{
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"word": "polish"
},
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"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "friendly"
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"_dis1": "0 0",
"source": "Thesaurus:polite",
"word": "kindly"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "1733, Alexander Pope, Epistle to Bathurst",
"text": "He marries, bows at court, and grows polite.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Well-mannered, civilized."
],
"id": "en-polite-en-adj-UVx9VnNH",
"links": [
[
"Well-mannered",
"well-mannered"
],
[
"civilized",
"civilized"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "beleefd"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "i sjellshëm"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʔadīb",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "أَدِيب"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "muʔaddab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "مُؤَدَّب"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "kʿaġakʿavari",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "քաղաքավարի"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "nəzakətli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "əźəple",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "әҙәпле"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ba",
"lang": "Bashkir",
"roman": "ixtiramlı",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ихтирамлы"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "vjétlivy",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ве́тлівы"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "učtív",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "учти́в"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "véžliv",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ве́жлив"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mwanrany",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "မွန်ရည်"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "yanykye",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ယဉ်ကျေ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "nyangsa",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ညင်သာ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortès"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "educat"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "polit"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "有禮貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jau⁵ lai⁵ maau⁶",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "有礼貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "si¹ man⁴",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "斯文"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "有禮貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǒulǐmào",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "有礼貌"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "客氣"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kèqi",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "客气"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sīwén",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "斯文"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "zdvořilý"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "slušný"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "høflig"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "beleefd"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ĝentila"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "viisakas"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "kohtelias"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "poli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "tavaziani",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "თავაზიანი"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "höflich"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "evgenikós",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ευγενικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "m'numás",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "מְנוּמָס"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "sabhya",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "सभ्य"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "udvarias"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "kurteis"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "sopan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "sibhialta"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "béasach"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortese"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "educato"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"alt": "ていねい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "teinei",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "丁寧"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"alt": "れいぎただしい",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "reigitadashii",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "礼儀正しい"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "ädeptı",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "әдепті"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "biäzy",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "биязы"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "cheh kuə sɑɑ mɔɔ",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ចេះគួរសម"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kuə sɑɑ mɔɔ",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "គួរសម"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gongsonhada",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "공손하다"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "adeptüü",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "адептүү"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "sılık",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "сылык"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "su phāp",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ສຸພາບ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cōmis"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "pieklājīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "mandagus"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "učtiv",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "учтив"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "sopan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "maryādayuḷḷa",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "മര്യാദയുള്ള"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ejeldeg",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "эелдэг"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"Jersey"
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"word": "poli"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "høflig"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "mo'addab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "مؤدب"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "heeflich"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "uprzejmy"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "grzeczny"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "educado"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "polido"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortês"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "politicos"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ве́жливый"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "učtívyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "учти́вый"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "modhail"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "suairc"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cùirteil"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "у̀чтив"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "уљудан"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"Cyrillic"
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"word": "одгојен"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
"Roman"
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"word": "ùčtiv"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "uljudan"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "odgojen"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "zdvorilý"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "slušný"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "vljuden"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortés"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "educado"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "hövlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "artig"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "boadab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "боадаб"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "bonazokat",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "боназокат"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muloyim",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "мулоим"
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{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "xušmuomila",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "хушмуомила"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muaddab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "муаддаб"
},
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"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sù-pâap",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "สุภาพ"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "kibar"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "nazik"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "näzik"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "hoşamaý"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "edepli"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vvíčlyvyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "вві́чливий"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čémnyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "че́мний"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "gréčnyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ґре́чний"
},
{
"_dis1": "91 9",
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "polido"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortês"
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{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "politicos"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "véžlivyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ве́жливый"
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "učtívyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "учти́вый"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "modhail"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "suairc"
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"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cùirteil"
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"word": "odgojen"
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"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "zdvorilý"
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{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "slušný"
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{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "vljuden"
},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "cortés"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "educado"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "hövlig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "artig"
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "boadab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "боадаб"
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"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "bonazokat",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"roman": "muloyim",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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"code": "tg",
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"roman": "xušmuomila",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "хушмуомила"
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"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "muaddab",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "муаддаб"
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "sù-pâap",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "สุภาพ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "kibar"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "nazik"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "näzik"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "hoşamaý"
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{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "edepli"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vvíčlyvyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "вві́чливий"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "čémnyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "че́мний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "gréčnyj",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "ґре́чний"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "odobli"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "muyolim"
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"code": "uz",
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"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "xushmuomala"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "silliq"
},
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "boadab"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "adabli"
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"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "nazokatli"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "lịch sự"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"word": "lễ phép"
},
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "well-mannered",
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],
"word": "poli"
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"code": "wa",
"lang": "Walloon",
"sense": "well-mannered",
"tags": [
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"word": "oniesse"
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