courteously

English

Etymology

From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

courteously (comparative more courteously, superlative most courteously)

1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.

Translations

in a courteous manner

• Catalan: cortesament (ca)
• Czech: zdvořile (cs)
• French: courtoisement (fr)
• Hungarian: udvariasan (hu)
• Italian: cortesemente (it)
• Middle English: curteisly
• Norman: courtouaisement
• Polish: uprzejmie (pl), grzecznie (pl)
• Romanian: curtenitor (ro), politicos (ro), cavalerește (ro)
• Russian: ве́жливо (ru) (véžlivo), обходи́тельно (ru) (obxodítelʹno), учти́во (ru) (učtívo), любе́зно (ru) (ljubézno)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: при́сто̄јно

  Roman: prístōjno (sh)

• Spanish: cortésmente (es)
• Swedish: artigt (sv)
• Telugu: మర్యాదగా (te) (maryādagā)
• Ukrainian: вві́чливо (uk) (vvíčlyvo)

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “courteously”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “courteously”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.