heypolyglot
Italian

educatamente

/edukataˈmente/adverbB2
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Meaning

politely

  • in a polite, courteous, or well-mannered way

In a sentence

Il cliente ha chiesto educatamente informazioni sugli orari del treno.

The customer politely asked for information about the train schedule.

Ha risposto educatamente a tutte le domande dei giornalisti.

She politely answered all the journalists' questions.

Anche se era irritato, ha rifiutato l'invito molto educatamente.

Even though he was annoyed, he declined the invitation very politely.

Usage notes

  • Formed regularly from the feminine adjective 'educata' + '-mente'.
  • Near-synonym: 'cortesemente'.

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