would you be so kind as to

phrase

Would you please (do something); used to ask someone to do something politely.

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Meanings

phrasewould you be so kind as to ...
  1. colloquialWould you please (do something); used to ask someone to do something politely.

    I'm in dire need of someone who will be so kind as to let me have a few moments of their leisure time in congenial correspondence as a much-needed friend.

    1987 February 1, Donnie Whitlock, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 28, page 14
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APA

would you be so kind as to. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/would%20you%20be%20so%20kind%20as%20to

MLA

“would you be so kind as to.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/would%20you%20be%20so%20kind%20as%20to. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “would you be so kind as to,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/would%20you%20be%20so%20kind%20as%20to.

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