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Vaihtoehtoiset kirjoitusmuodot
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Substantiivi
- (uncountable) Polite behavior.
- (countable) A polite gesture or remark, especially as opposed to an obligation or standard practice.
- (uncountable) Consent or agreement in spite of fact; indulgence.
- (uncountable) Willingness or generosity in providing something needed.
- (dated) A curtsey.
- (law) The life interest that the surviving husband has in the real or heritable estate of his wife.
Adjektiivi
- Given or done as a polite gesture.
- Supplied free of charge.
Esimerkit
- Please extend them the courtesy of your presence.
- I offered them a ride simply as a courtesy.
- My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you.
- The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual.
- Well, but Polly attended, as I said; and there were strange simperings, and bowing, and courtesying, between them; the honest gentleman seeming not to know how to let his mistress wait upon him[...]
- We paid a courtesy visit to the new neighbors.
- The event planners offered courtesy tickets for the reporters.
- They received free advertising through the courtesy of the local newspaper.
- They call this pond a lake by courtesy only.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | courtesied |
| Imperfekti | courtesied |
| Partisiipin preesens | courtesying |
| Monikko | courtesies |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | courtesies |
