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discourteously en · ADV

Etymology

Etymology tree English discourteous Middle English -ly English -ly English discourteously From discourteous + -ly.

Meanings

1. In a discourteous manner.
   • Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … . 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]
   • Alas my loue, ye do me wrong, to cast me off discurteously: And I haue loued you so long, Delighting in your companie. 1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 1), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights:

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