Definition of Courtesying

1. courtesy [v] - See also: courtesy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtesying

courteousnesses
courtepies
courtepy
courter
courters
courtesans
courtesanship
courtesied
courtesies
courtesy
courtesy card
courtesy copy
courtesy name
courtesy of
courtesying (current term)
courtezan
courtezans
courthouse
courthouses
courtier
courtierlike
courtierly
courtiers
courtiery
courting
courtisanerie
courtisaneries
courtless
courtlet

Literary usage of Courtesying

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Advanced Elocution: Designed as a Practical Treatise for Teachers and by J. W. Shoemaker, George Beswick Hynson, John Hendricks Bechtel (1913)
"courtesying In courtesying assume the same general position and inclination of body and head, bending the limbs also in the same manner as in preparing to ..."

2. George Eliot's Works by George Eliot (1893)
"She felt that her aunt was courtesying; she courte- sied herself. That must be old Mr. Donnithorne, — he always came first, the wrinkled, small old man, ..."

3. The Monthly Review by Charles William Wason (1837)
"Worthy sir, Const, (courtesying) What delight To back the flying steed, ... Const, (courtesying) Sir, you're good ! And then the hounds, sir ! ..."

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