What does "courteously" mean?

In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.

Courteously

Common synonyms include: politely, a more civilized world, act civilly, acted civilly, acts civilly, behave civilly.

adv

adv ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Adverb

1
In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.
"His Third Query is a Frank Proposal, without any more ado, of taking all the Church Lands into the Crown; and Courteously he offers the Poor Cavaliers a Snip in the Booty"

Adverb

"But he courteously saluting them again, asked them, saying: Is the old man your father in health, of whom you told me? Is he yet living?"

From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly.