Courtesying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Courtesying is a noun meaning gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
Meaning
gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of courtesy
Example Sentences
[T]here were ſtrange Simperings, and Bowing, and Courteſying, between them; the honeſt Gentleman ſeeming not to know how to let his Miſtreſs wait upon him, while ſhe behaved with as much Reſpect and Officiouſneſs, as if ſhe could not do too much for him.
Word Forms
- courtesyings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include courtesied, curtsying, curtsies, curtseying, deferential, curtsy.
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