Definition of Discourteously

1. Adverb. In an impolite manner. "He treated her impolitely"

Exact synonyms: Impolitely, Rudely
Antonyms: Courteously, Politely
Partainyms: Discourteous, Impolite, Rude

Definition of Discourteously

1. Adverb. In a discourteous manner. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Discourteously

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Discourteously

discoures
discouring
discourse
discourse analysis
discourse marker
discourse markers
discoursed
discourser
discoursers
discourses
discoursing
discoursive
discoursively
discoursiveness
discourteous
discourteously (current term)
discourteousness
discourtesies
discourtesy
discourtship
discous
discovenant
discovenanted
discovenanting
discovenants
discover
discoverability
discoverable
discoverably
discovered

Literary usage of Discourteously

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. With Rhodes in Mashonaland by David Christiaan de Waal (1896)
"... me a headache in Pretoria—The gold mines of Johannesburg—I am treated discourteously by a post-office clerk at Kimberley—Home at Capetown once more. ..."

2. Handbook of Composition: A Compendium of Rules Regarding Good English by Edwin Campbell Woolley (1907)
"Right: If Davis treated Dixon discourteously, there is no objection to Dixon's decision ; [or] Dixon is not to be blamed for his decision if he was treated ..."

3. Private and Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler: During the by Benjamin Franklin Butler, Jessie Ames Marshall (1917)
"you have by accident treated me discourteously it is no set- ^'. off that I had accidentally or even intentionally treated you fi • . tf,\ discourteously. ..."

4. The Life of John A. Andrew: Governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1865 by Henry Greenleaf Pearson (1904)
"If you have, by accident, treated me discourteously, it is no set-off that I had accidentally or even intentionally treated you discourteously. ..."

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