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curtsey

[ UK /kˈɜːtsi/ ]
NOUN
  1. bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
VERB
  1. 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)
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