Courtesying
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 gerund of courtesy: an act of curtseying. form-of, gerund
"[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."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of courtesy form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"[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."
Etymology
From courtesy + -ing.
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