out of politeness

phrase

: in order to be polite : in order to show good manners

Examples of out of politeness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Sighing deeply with exasperation, Baumgartner ponders whether to pop Ed in the snout or to play along out of politeness. — Paul Auster, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Mar. 2022

And was about to turn and go—but couldn’t, out of politeness, not nod to the group in parting. — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, National Review, 14 Oct. 2021

With my aunt ordering cheesecake for dessert and taking only a bite and leaving me with the burden of trying to eat the rest out of politeness? — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021

Rhymes for out of politeness

• brightness
• lightness
• rightness
• tightness
• whiteness
• finiteness
• uprightness