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Respectful bow to a lady
Answer for the clue "Respectful bow to a lady ", 7 letters:
curtsey
Alternative clues for the word curtsey
Word definitions for curtsey in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
curtsey \curtsey\, curtsy \curtsy\v. i. to perform a curtsy .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference. n. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
alternative spelling of curtsy .\n
Usage examples of curtsey.
Also, I get to order people around that even you would curtsey to, and kick their arses if they get cranky.
He watched as she picked up the hem of an imaginary balldress and swept him an elaborate formal court curtsey that ended in her gracefully sweeping almost to the floor.
Balloon-woman, and bobbed a funny little curtsey that nearly sent Bets into fits of laughter.
That is what we met suddenly, at the bend of a muddy Dorsetshire lane, and the roan mare stared and obviously thought of a curtsey.
She bobbed a cheeky curtsey to me, then took my hand and led me without a word to the cool, dark stillroom where the barrels of beer were stacked and there reached up and placed a soft kiss upon my mouth.
The old woman would not give her hand, but made an old-fashioned curtsey, which Adela felt to be half ironical.
The Lady Elizabeth was curtseying before her aunt and uncle, and when she rose Cressida saw immediately what had caused that sudden hush to fall upon the packed company.
Mair curtseyed deeply, lowering her gaze in a gesture that might have been humble, if not for the carnal glint in her eyes.
Say what you like about the kind of life I was used to, it was a life without masters: I had never curtseyed before to anyone.
Fairfax folded up her knitting: I took my portfolio: we curtseyed to him, received a frigid bow in return, and so withdrew.
I rose and curtseyed to them: one or two bent their heads in return, the others only stared at me.
She comes, blinking at the gentlemen, curtseying at my uncle, a look of terror on her face.
The stiff-bodiced dress is not made for curtseying in, however: the dip is a jagged one, the fringes upon her skirt tumble together and seem to shake.
The handle turned, the door unclosed, and passing through and curtseying low, I looked up at -- a black pillar!
After, giving hurried directions to Rundles, the landlord of the Royal Sovereign, Fleetwood took the reins, and all three gentlemen touched hats to the curtseying figure of Mrs.