Sentence examples for superficially polite from inspiring English sources

He jokes about being raised by two lawyers, with conversations taking on the tone of litigation, and says, of his parents and his upbringing, there was an icy, superficially polite, feelings-pushed-down Catholicism that has bled into his adult life.

Maybe they're just insecure; however, if they are persistently rude, stop interacting with them at anything more than a superficially polite level.

You don't have to spend the whole time hanging around being superficially polite to the harasser from floor four or the trophy wife from reception; after a few polite exchanges, simply sidle off and discover those colleagues you enjoy talking to.

Making politics polite again.

Superficially, yes.

Superficially quite impressive.

Superficially, they are alike.

But only superficially.

"Superficially fame's attractive.

Perhaps, but only superficially.

Superficially very little.