courteously

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courteously

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

adverb more courteously · most courteously

  1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely. 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

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adv in a courteous manner

Españolcortésmente
हिन्दीसविनय savinay
Françaiscourtoisement
Italianocortesemente
Românăcurtenitor, politicos, cavalerește
Русскийве́жливо véžlivo, обходи́тельно obxodítelʹno, учти́во učtívo, любе́зно ljubézno

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@misc{courteously_2026,
  title = {courteously},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/courteously},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}