courtesy

courtesy is a 8-letter English word with 9 senses as noun, intransitive verb, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.
2. noun. An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
3. noun. Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.
4. noun. An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the knees.
5. intransitive verb. To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
6. transitive verb. To treat with civility.
7. noun. a courteous or respectful or considerate act
8. noun. a courteous manner
9. noun. a courteous or respectful or considerate remark

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in courtesy:

cosurety

Common word forms

courtesied, courtesies, courtesying

Words from these letters

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