The Clue
Most courteous (8 letter answer)
The Answer
POLITEST
Tags
Notes
The answer POLITEST is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Related Clues
Exhibiting the most civility
Definition
POLITE as an adjective:
1. showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
2. (civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, genteel, polite) = marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"
3. (civil, polite) = not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others; "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham