kid-gloved

adjective

Definition of kid-glovednext
as in kid-glove

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  1. kid-glove
  2. courteous
  3. civil
  4. polite
  5. obsequious
Adjective
  • That’s not, and shouldn’t be, an activity given kid-glove treatment.
    — Outside Online, Outside Online, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Even as the regime’s aggression has escalated, this president has continued a kid-glove treatment against the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism in a desperate hope to secure a deal.
    — Sen. Ted Budd, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 31 Jan. 2024
Definition of kid-glove
Adjective
  • Rather, more parents should welcome, rather than react defensively, when another parent steps in to support your efforts to teach your kids courteous manners.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Described as courteous, hard-working, and helpful who doesn't take the spotlight and does the right things.
    — Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of courteous
Adjective
  • Thankfully, there’s already a bug report open on Implicit Conversions’ Discord server about this cross-save issue, so by all means, contribute in a suitably civil fashion about it. Follow me on X, Facebook and YouTube.
    — Ollie Barder, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Amy Lieberman, a politics and society editor at The Conversation U.S., posed a few questions to Cassandra Burke Robertson, a scholar of civil proceedings and legal ethics, to break down some of the dynamics of this complex, evolving case.
    — Cassandra Burke Robertson, The Conversation, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of civil
Adjective
  • Though he was disappointed by the loss, Page didn't demonstrate any further wrestling tactics on Seacrest and ended the show with a polite handshake.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • His boss and co-worker remember him as quiet, polite and professional.
    — James Bandler, ProPublica, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of polite
Adjective
  • Many, if not most, of these figures earned Trump’s loyalty by using their platforms to be obsequious stewards of MAGA—in effect, creating a quasi–state media.
    — Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Rhodes scholars have long had a reputation for being obsequious careerists, transforming themselves into whatever the elite consensus of the day deems worthy.
    — airmail.news, airmail.news, 1 June 2024
Definition of obsequious
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