The Collaborative International Dictionary
Courtesy \Courte"sy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Courtesied (-s[i^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Courtesying.] To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
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vb. (en-past of: courtesy)
Usage examples of "courtesied".
Two weeks he stayed, and then rode gaily back to town, and when Clorinda made her sweeping courtesy to the ground to him upon the threshold of the flowered room in which he bade her farewell, both Anne and Mistress Wimpole courtesied a step behind her.
I am my Lord's kinsman, the Duke of Osmonde," again bowing, and Anne courtesied low once more.
The white cap, kerchief, and drapery, courtesied to him as he drew near, and the dismal face changed not.
Pickwick bowed with the utmost politeness, and when he bowed, the housekeeper courtesied again.
With these words she courtesied deferentially, and moved away to rejoin her friend.
She courtesied, holding up her skirts and contorting her lips to the semblance of a smile.
Kit and Kat bobbed and courtesied too, and the Dominie smiled at them and laid his hand on Kit's head.
However, at a sign which Celeste made her, she courtesied humbly and withdrew in the company of the maid.
Vases of elegant forms, made of shimmering glass, bowed and courtesied toward her.
Presently the Savior's name was mentioned, and in her flurry she lost her head completely, and rose and courtesied, instead of making a slight nod as everybody else did.