Meanings
comparative more discourteously · superlative most discourteously
- 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
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Origin
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discourteously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously
“discourteously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “discourteously,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/discourteously.
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