Courteously

Examples

• I had previously been presented by my aunt, and had been courteously received. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He gave me his arm, and the two officers courteously bowed me out, and we found at the door a phaeton or barouche with a postilion and post horses. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Graham courteously rose up to greet me. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• She bent her head courteously, drew closer the folds of her shawl, and passed from the classe. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Truly,' returned Mrs Wilfer, courteously receiving the deserter, 'it would seem that we are required to think so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Pleasantly, courteously, it was spoken; but the manner was lost in the matter to Julia's feelings. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• He has gone to get the key from Justinian, he explained courteously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Wildeve, to do him justice, had behaved very courteously to his wife's aunt; and it was with no surprise that she saw him enter now. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• You must go, said Mr. Hall, and behave courteously too. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• I turned over the command as directed and then replied to General Halleck courteously, but asked to be relieved from further duty under him. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• From her father's example and injunctions, Rebecca had learnt to bear herself courteously towards all who approached her. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.

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