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courteously en · ADV

Etymology

From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.
   • "Perhaps they eat too much." He said it with the air of one courteously offering a helpful suggestion. 1926, Christopher Darlington Morley, Thunder on the Left:
   • His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty 1680, Roger L'Estrange, The Free-Born Subject, Or, the Englishmans Birthright Asserted Against All Tyrannical Vsvrpations Either in Church or State:

Forms

Translations (23)

ru учти́во (in a courteous manner) · te మర్యాదగా (in a courteous manner) · ru ве́жливо (in a courteous manner) · hu udvariasan (in a courteous manner) · ru обходи́тельно (in a courteous manner) · pl uprzejmie (in a courteous manner) · it cortesemente (in a courteous manner) · pl grzecznie (in a courteous manner) · ru любе́зно (in a courteous manner) · ro curtenitor (in a courteous manner) · ca cortesament (in a courteous manner) · sh prístōjno (in a courteous manner) · enm curteisly (in a courteous manner) · sh при́сто̄јно (in a courteous manner) · sv artigt (in a courteous manner) · ro cavalerește (in a courteous manner) · uk вві́чливо (in a courteous manner) · nrf courtouaisement (in a courteous manner) · cs zdvořile (in a courteous manner) · es cortésmente (in a courteous manner) · hi सविनय (in a courteous manner) · ro politicos (in a courteous manner) · fr courtoisement (in a courteous manner)