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NOTE (upstream defect): the definitions in this entry describe the adjective 'polite', not the adverb 'politely' — sense 1 reads 'behaving or speaking in the way that is correct for the situation'. Read as the adverb, the picture is: you do something, and while doing it you keep one eye on the other person — you fit your words and manner to what the situation calls for, so the other person is not made uncomfortable.
（資料問題：這個 entry 的定義寫的其實是形容詞 polite，不是副詞 politely。）可以把 polit…更多收起
（資料問題：這個 entry 的定義寫的其實是形容詞 polite，不是副詞 politely。）可以把 politely 想成：你在做一件事——說話、拒絕、詢問——而做的同時，你有一隻眼睛放在對方身上。你會照那個場合大家默認的做法來，把話修一修，讓對方不會被弄得難堪。它形容的不是「你做了什麼」，而是「你用什麼樣子去做」：He asked politely 跟 He asked 動作一樣，差別在態度那一層。原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
politelyadv/pəˈlaɪtli/
- 1
in a polite manner
- If pressed about a serious accusation like rape, you can politely reply that you can’t answer questions pertaining to such an allegation without legal representation and wish to remain silent.
- It was night once more and Mary had got through another day without throwing herself politely from a top floor window or scrawling filthy words on the dining room walls.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。