Showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc..

Roget 702: cunning, crafty, artful; skillful etc. 698; subtle, feline, vulpine; cunning as a fox, cunning as a serpent; deep, deep laid; profound; designing, contriving; intriguing etc. v.; strategic, diplomatic, politic, Machiavelian, timeserving^†; artificial; tricky, tricksy^†; wily, sly, slim, insidious, stealthy; underhand etc. (hidden) 528; subdolous^†; deceitful etc. 545; slippery as an eel, evasive etc. 623; crooked; arch, pawky^†, shrewd, acute; sharp, sharp as a tack, sharp as a needle^†; canny, astute, leery, knowing, up to snuff, too clever by half, not to be caught with chaff.    tactful, diplomatic, politic; polite etc. 894.    ... show more

Marked by refinement in taste and manners:
— Polite society.

synonyms: civilised, civilized, cultivated, cultured, genteel.

Roget 894: courteous, polite, civil, mannerly, urbane; well-behaved, well-mannered, well-bred, well-brought up; good-mannered, polished, civilized, cultivated; refined etc. (taste) 850; gentlemanlike etc. (fashion) 852^†; gallant; on one's good behavior.    fine spoken, fair spoken, soft-spoken; honey-mouthed, honey-tongued; oily, bland; obliging, conciliatory, complaisant, complacent; obsequious etc. 886.    ingratiating, winning; gentle, mild; good-humored, cordial, gracious, affable, familiar; neighborly.    diplomatic, tactful, politic; artful etc. 702.    ... show more

Polish: grzeczny

Not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others.

synonym: civil.

Roget 852: fashionable; in fashion etc. n.; a la mode, comme il faut [Fr.]; admitted in society, admissible in society etc. n.; presentable; conventional etc. (customary) 613; genteel; well-bred, well mannered, well behaved, well spoken; gentlemanlike^†, gentlemanly; ladylike; civil, polite etc. (courteous) 894.    polished, refined, thoroughbred, courtly; distingue [Fr.]; unembarrassed, degage [Fr.]; janty^†, jaunty; dashing, fast.    modish, stylish, chic, trendy, recherche; newfangled etc. (unfamiliar) 83; all the rage, all the go^†; with it, in, faddish.    in court, in full dress, in evening dress; en grande tenue [Fr.] etc. (ornament) 847.    ... show more