Definition of "over-polite" [over-polite]

• Excessively polite. (adjective)

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• "My hands flew up to my cheeks and I remembered those friendly French faces which now flashed before me: the old man on the bike whose smile seemed over-polite the little girl grinning sweetly, ever indiscreetly the young man who said salut (hoot hoot!)"
• "It will be very interesting to see the response of the rest of the community if after the over-polite manner in which S+C were treated throughout the report process they rub salt in the wound of having effectively repudiated the report by also refusing to come clean with their data and methods."
• "My mother led me to Uncle Ben, and he took my hand without rising, muttering something not over-polite, about my being bigger than ever."