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UK
/kˈɜːtsi/
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NOUN
- bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
VERB
- bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
How To Use curtsey In A Sentence
- Elizabeth curtseyed very prettily, though her eyes were slightly mocking.
- These were not the dainty and chaste twirls and curtseys of the ballerinas at Lincoln Center.
- I am very foolish, "says she, sniffing, and presently, when the Prince and Princess withdrew, she was all smiles again, curtseying like billy-ho, and kissing me a tender farewell. Flashman's Lady
- She gave the Unicorn a formal curtsey, feeling rather foolish for doing so.
- Just as Mrs Jenkins was making a kind of curtsey by the bedside Gladys said that she saw Mr Prothero riding up to the house. Gladys, the Reaper
- She quickly stood, giving a hurried curtsey which only seemed to make him more uneasy.
- Elfrida's little curtsey was not at all the right kind of curtsey, but it had to do. The House of Arden
- She curtseyed in return before they swept out onto the dance floor.
- At the final curtsey, everyone was facing the front… except for her.
- I was so overwhelmed with surprise and awe that I forgot to make the proper response of a "curtsey," but ran home as fast as I could go to proclaim the wonder. A New England girlhood, outlined from memory (Beverly, MA)