Would You Mind Terribly Meaning?

This is a way of saying. "Can you help me." Example. A person with a bad back drops something and can't bend to pick it up. ... "Would you mind terribly?" They would likely mention their back as the reason, unless the person already knew they have a bad back.

Is Would you mind polite?

Also, Would you mind is already being used as a "polite" phrase, so "please" can be omitted. Would you mind taking a minute to answer my messages please? If you want to say, "please," and that's a good thing, it's not wrong grammatically to add it.

Do you mind or would you mind?

Would you mind? and Do you mind? We use the phrases would you mind + -ing form, and do you mind + -ing form to ask people politely to do things. Would you mind is more polite and more common: Would you mind opening the window, please?