discourteously

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adverb

In a discourteous manner.

Opposite
Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbdiscourteously (comparative more discourteously, superlative most discourteously)

comparative more discourteously · superlative most discourteously

  1. In a discourteous manner.

    Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .

    1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]
    1 more example

    Alas my loue, ye do me wrong, to cast me off discurteously: And I haue loued you so long, Delighting in your companie.

    1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 1), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin an impolite manner

Opposite

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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APA

discourteously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously

MLA

“discourteously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discourteously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously.

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