Sentence examples for strictly polite from inspiring English sources
It's already an axiom of modern manners that most of us spend longer on our phones than is strictly polite.
Making politics polite again.
Until 1646 the Pascal family held strictly Roman Catholic principles, though they often substituted l'honnêteté ("polite respectability") for inward religion.
That year they published the Laws of Sculptors, which stated that they would be "always smartly dressed, well-groomed, relaxed, friendly, polite and in complete control" - another principle strictly adhered to over the years.
They look at you inquisitively as though saying, "We don't really mind you being here, and we'd be far too polite to say so if we did, but strictly speaking you are trespassing".
Heard live, the music of star bassist Christian McBride's quintet might swing, but this album (a tribute to the late double bassist Ray Brown, not that you'd guess) is strictly jazz for middle managers: the themes are corny or cute; the feel is too polite to be properly funky and the frontline of soprano sax and vibes sounds ingratiating rather than challenging.
Local people said members were polite and caused no problems, but were forbidden to talk much to non-members and were strictly disciplined.
