Danish-English translations for høflig

politeIt must be something more than just polite chit-chat. Den skal være mere end bare høflig hyggesnak. I shall therefore try to be brief in order to be polite. Jeg vil følgelig forsøge at fatte mig i korthed, så jeg kan forblive høflig. Mr McCartin is far too polite to make any such accusation. Hr. McCartin er alt for høflig til at komme med sådan en anklage.
civil
us
She went into civil service because she wanted to help the people.It was very civil of him to stop the argument.a civil case

courteous
us
That can be expressed firmly but courteously, as Parliament is doing today. Det kan vi give udtryk for på en fast, men høflig måde, sådan som Parlamentet gør i dag. I am not just being courteous: it is sincere recognition of Parliament's hard work. Det er ikke bare for at være høflig: Det er en ærlig anerkendelse af Parlamentets hårde arbejde. I am sure that a man as courteous as you, Mr Wurtz, who has never blocked anything, can understand what I am saying. Jeg er sikker på, at en mand så høflig som De, hr. Wurtz, som aldrig har blokeret noget, forstår, hvad jeg siger.