Polite
Polite adjective - Showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners.
Understated and polite are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Understated" instead an adjective "Polite".
Nearby Words: politeness, politely
Understated
Understated adjective - Not excessively showy.
Polite and understated are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Polite" instead an adjective "Understated".
Nearby Words: understatement, understating
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Red Oni, Blue Oni: Churchill and everyone he shares a room with, but the dynamic is more clear with the calm, understated and polite Atlee.
Source: Film / Into the Storm (2009) -
Also Kyuuju Amagiri, who always fights rather grudgingly, and has several extremely polite and understated confrontations with Saito.
Source: Visual Novel / Hakuouki -
On Star Trek Vulcans (such as Spock) pride themselves on being completely without emotion (that alone says it all, but their friends are too polite to call them on it) but clearly have them, while understated.
Source: Tin Man
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