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curtseying

n. The act of dropping a curtsey. vb. (present participle of curtsey English)

Usage examples of "curtseying".

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.

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!