He was self-confident, polite, and tactful; he had a happy and optimistic temperament. She is honest, polite, and very efficient. Frink is generally very polite and friendly. It's very, like unbelievably polite and gracious of them. He was quiet, self-effacing, and remarkably polite and obliging. However, she usually tries to avoid any conversation beyond what is polite and proper. Burciaga said that the word is often used while not in polite conversation. Wilkins was always very polite, too polite perhaps. Privately, she was polite and gentle. Japanese employs litotes to phrase ideas in a more indirect and polite manner. For extremely polite or formal situations, the pronoun is generally omitted. Edward is described in the book as being charming, polite, determined, and very stubborn. Cartwright described Butler as "absolutely amazing, always encouraging, always polite". She was known as a polite and happy child in her elementary school. Gordon, however, described her as being "self-critical" and "very polite about everything".