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Curtsy   /kˈərtsi/   Listen
noun
Courtesy  n.  (Written also curtsy and curtsey)  An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees. "The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual."


curtsy, curtsey  n.  An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees. Same as 2nd Courtesy, n..
Synonyms: curtsy; courtesy.


verb
curtsy, curtsey  v. i.  To perform a curtsy.





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"Curtsy" Quotes from Famous Books



... curtsy. Was this the man she was to be so dreadfully afraid of? Her whole charming little face broke into ...
— Sue, A Little Heroine • L. T. Meade
... of the Haughtons is reached, and the carriage rolls through the wide open gates. At the pretty lodge door stands the keeper and his wife, he pulls off his cap while she curtsies low, their future mistress tosses them a gold bit at which more curtsy and bow. What a magnificent avenue through the great park, the oak and elm mingling their branches and interlacing their arms overhead, through which a glimpse of blue heavens with golden gleams of sunlight ...
— A Heart-Song of To-day • Annie Gregg Savigny
... wrapped a soft muslin handkerchief round her wounded arm and ran downstairs. Her aunt was already in the drawing-room, but to Pauline's relief no one else was present. The little girl ran up to her aunt, dropped a curtsy, and looked somewhat ...
— Girls of the Forest • L. T. Meade
... he succeeded in comforting her, and even then, she remained more subdued than usual. But when Maurice had gone, and she had dropped the scattered sprays of lilac out of the window on his head, she clasped her hands at the back of her neck, and dropped a curtsy to herself in ...
— Maurice Guest • Henry Handel Richardson
... Amsterdam. Equipped in skates wonderful to behold, with their superb strappings and dazzling runners curving over the instep and topped with gilt balls, he would open his fat eyes a little if one of the maidens chanced to drop him a curtsy but would not dare to bow in return for fear of ...
— Hans Brinker - or The Silver Skates • Mary Mapes Dodge


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