People no longer see the point of the meetings, at which police listen politely and all local concerns are voiced, but after which nothing happens.
I am telling you this very politely as an ecologist.
I think that is going too far, to put it politely.
We respond politely that it is interesting and that something should be added to it; then everyone puts it away in a drawer.
I have politely to say that she has mucked them both up.
Distant relatives are not required to underwrite funeral expenses, though a wealthy elder who did so would be thanked after the gift had been politely refused in sath.
On speaking politely in a second language.
Whilst the commentaries do include a few accolades boarding on the sycophantic, the commentators do not shy away from taking issue (very politely) with points made in the chapter.