[
US
/ˈkɝtsi/
]
[ UK /kˈɜːtsi/ ]
[ UK /kˈɜːtsi/ ]
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 - bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting
NOUN
- bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women
How To Use curtsy In A Sentence
- Kurono did a formal bow, while Kaia did a curtsy.
- ‘Why thank you, ma'am,’ Pic chimed as he acted like he was curtsying.
- Being monarch brings with it overwhelming duties and obligations, not the least of which is that your people must find you worthy enough to bow and curtsy to.
- ‘Your Grace,’ I murmured, curtsying to Cameron.
- When the case began, the court clerk may not have gone as far as curtsying, but she still addressed her Royal highness as ‘Ma'am’.
- We were taught how to curtsy to the Queen.
- Already he discerned an air of bustle about the house, for Lady Hester's abigail was hurrying up the stairs, accompanied by one of the maids, and the stout housekeeper, pausing only to bob a curtsy to her master as he came out of the parlour, set her foot on the bottom stair and began to puff her way up. Gatlinburg
- What did she know about, besides curtsying and dinner parties and prim, proper thank-you notes? Uprising
- A frangipani spread itself in one corner like a curtsying ballerina. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
- Inside the house a maid bobbed in curtsy to indicate that Grace should follow her upstairs. THE HARDIE INHERITANCE
