Hints of its terrible execrations suppressed by parrot considerately (8)
I believe the answer is:
politely
'considerately' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'hints of its terrible execrations suppressed by parrot' is the wordplay.
'hints of' suggests taking the first letters.
'suppressed by' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'parrot' becomes 'polly' (I've seen this before).
The initial letters of 'its terrible execrations' is 'ite'.
'ite' put into 'polly' is 'POLITELY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for politely that I've seen before include "In a respectful manner" , "Like a true gent" , "In a civilised manner" , "Ply Elliot in courteous manner" , "Courteously" .)