Usually means: With respect, consideration, and courtesy.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word politely:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. politely: Merriam-Webster
  2. politely: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. politely: Collins English Dictionary
  4. politely: Vocabulary.com
  5. Politely, politely: Wordnik
  6. politely: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. politely: Wiktionary
  8. Politely, politely: Dictionary.com
  9. politely: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Politely (album), Politely, Politely: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Politely: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. politely: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. politely: Rhymezone
  14. Politely: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. politely: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. politely: FreeDictionary.org
  17. politely: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. politely: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. politely: Legal dictionary

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▸ adverb:  in a polite manner

Similar:
courteously, in a well mannered way, with courtesy, with politeness, civilly, respectfully, mannerly, tactfully, petitely, classily, more...

Opposite:
impolitely, rudely, rudeness

Types:
cordially, formally, ceremoniously, deferentially, respectfully, more...

Phrases:
to put it politely, say politely, said angrily but politely, said politely, politely ask, more...

Colors:
    soft pink,     pastel blue,     pale yellow,     mint green,     sky blue, more...



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Similar:
courteously, in a well mannered way, with courtesy, with politeness, civilly, respectfully, mannerly, tactfully, petitely, classily, more...

Opposite:
impolitely, rudely, rudeness

Types:
cordially, formally, ceremoniously, deferentially, respectfully, more...

Phrases:
to put it politely, say politely, said angrily but politely, said politely, politely ask, said politely but annoyed, asked politely, politely decline, ask politely, demand politely, says politely, more...

Colors:
    soft pink,     pastel blue,     pale yellow,     mint green,     sky blue, more...



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