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# courteously

adverb (courteously); from the adjective courteous

«courteously» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In a polite, kind and respectful way, showing good manners. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#m1)
2. (formal) In a way that is correct and considerate, as officials or shop staff are expected to behave. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and safety lessons it describes good manners: speaking courteously to a teacher, a shop assistant or a bus driver. In stories it tells the reader that a character behaves well even when others do not. Phrases: «speak courteously», «reply courteously», «treat someone courteously», «courteously declined».

### Examples

- The waiter courteously showed us to our table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x1)
- Please answer the visitors courteously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x2)
- She courteously held the door open for the man with the pram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x3)
- He courteously thanked the bus driver as he got off. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x4)
- The knight bowed courteously to the queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x5)
- Even when the customer shouted, the shop assistant replied courteously. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x6)
- (formal) Passengers are courteously requested to remain seated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x7)
- “Boy,” she said courteously, “why are you crying?” [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/#x8)

### Note

Spelled court-e-ous-ly, sounds like «KER-tee-us-lee». The opposite is «discourteously» or «rudely». The noun is «courtesy» (good manners). Do not confuse with «curtsy», a little bow with bent knees.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «courteously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/courteously/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«courteously» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/courteously.html) on Mova free.