Curtsy
['kɜːtsɪ] or ['kɝtsi]
Definition
(noun.) bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women.
(verb.) make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect; 'She curtsied when she shook the Queen's hand'.
(verb.) bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting.
Inputed by Cleo--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.
Typist: Vilma
Definition
n. an obeisance made by bending the knees proper to women and children.—v.i. to make a curtsy.
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Examples
- He just moved, in acknowledgment of her curtsy, but did not rise. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Charley, with her best curtsy, blushingly tied on her bonnet and went her way. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- There was evidently nothing for it but to go, and Donne made his exodus, the heiress sweeping him a deep curtsy as she closed the gates on him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- My Lady is looking charmingly well, says Mrs. Rouncewell with another curtsy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Miss Flite received the compliment with complacency and dropped a general curtsy to us. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mrs. Rouncewell is in attendance and receives Sir Leicester's customary shake of the hand with a profound curtsy. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And I made him my curtsy and left him. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Waiting no comment, I curtsied to the trioand withdrew. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- As I passed close to the woman into whose hands I had placed my pound-note, she smiled and curtsied affectedly. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You are out early, ma'am, said I as she curtsied to me. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I curtsied to a little blue-eyed fair man of youthful appearance with flaxen hair parted in the middle and curling at the ends all round his head. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And what good could his wife get, he urged, by making curtsies every night to a whole circle of Princesses? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Their ladyships made three stately curtsies, and the elder lady to be sure gave her hand to the newcomer, but it was as cold and lifeless as marble. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Truly, there she was, immediately in front of us, curtsying, and smiling, and saying with her yesterday's air of patronage, The wards in Jarndyce! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was not mad at that time, curtsying low and smiling between every little sentence. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Now it was the little mad woman worn out with curtsying and smiling, now some one in authority at Bleak House. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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