courteously

English

Etymology

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

Adverb

courteously (comparative more courteously, superlative most courteously)

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

Translations

in a courteous manner

Catalan: cortesament (ca) Czech: zdvořile (cs) French: courtoisement (fr) Hindi: सविनय (hi) (savinay) Hungarian: udvariasan (hu) Italian: cortesemente (it) Middle English: curteisly Norman: courtouaisement Polish: uprzejmie (pl), grzecznie (pl) Romanian: curtenitor (ro), politicos (ro), cavalerește (ro) Russian: ве́жливо (ru) (véžlivo), обходи́тельно (ru) (obxodítelʹno), учти́во (ru) (učtívo), любе́зно (ru) (ljubézno) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при́сто̄јно Roman: prístōjno (sh) Spanish: cortésmente (es) Swedish: artigt (sv) Telugu: మర్యాదగా (te) (maryādagā) Ukrainian: вві́чливо (uk) (vvíčlyvo)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “courteously”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “courteously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.