"courteously" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more courteously [comparative], most courteously [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|curteisly}} Middle English curteisly, {{suffix|en|courteous|ly}} courteous + -ly Head templates: {{en-adv}} courteously (comparative more courteously, superlative most courteously)
  1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely. Translations (in a courteous manner): cortesament (Catalan), zdvořile (Czech), courtoisement (French), सविनय (savinay) (Hindi), udvariasan (Hungarian), cortesemente (Italian), curteisly (Middle English), courtouaisement (Norman), uprzejmie (Polish), grzecznie (Polish), curtenitor (Romanian), politicos (Romanian), cavalerește (Romanian), ве́жливо (véžlivo) (Russian), обходи́тельно (obxodítelʹno) (Russian), учти́во (učtívo) (Russian), любе́зно (ljubézno) (Russian), при́сто̄јно [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), prístōjno [Latin] (Serbo-Croatian), cortésmente (Spanish), artigt (Swedish), మర్యాదగా (maryādagā) (Telugu), вві́чливо (vvíčlyvo) (Ukrainian)

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