(n.) An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.
(n.) Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy.
(n.) 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.
(v. i.) To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.
(v. t.) To treat with civility.
Example Sentences:
(1) Löw’s side became the first from Europe to claim the trophy on Latin American soil courtesy of Götze’s fine 113th-minute finish from André Schürrle’s delivery.
(2) Image: Courtesy of Pew Research Center The data also show why autocrats might have reason to fear open discussions in cyberspace.
(3) He takes a throw-in deep in United territory, from which the home side launch a counter-attack courtesy of Wayne Rooney.
(4) That, however, tells only part of the story of a night in which Chelsea went 2-0 ahead, courtesy of headed goals from Didier Drogba and John Terry, only for Napoli to respond via a peach of shot from Gokhan Inler.
(5) Of course, we had different political opinions but he never treated me with anything less than complete courtesy and I had profound respect for his integrity."
(6) The David Lynch limited-edition box set is available on Blu-ray and DVD from 4 June, courtesy of Universal Pictures
(7) Ms Williams's name will already be familiar to many gay rights campaigners courtesy of a memorable speech on same-sex relationships, in which she applauded Jamaica's criminalisation of what her sect considers a curable aberration, a diagnosis she did not hesitate to apply to Tom Daly.
(8) Here's as good a precis of this game so far as you'll read, courtesy of Matt Dony: "Watching this game is like flicking back and forth between, say, Barcelona vs Spain, and QPR vs Sunderland circa their last dalliance with the Premier League.
(9) Obligatory indie section is obligatory Yeah, but there was some good stuff in Microsoft's blipvert run-through of indie titles – all coming to the console courtesy of the ID@Xbox programme, which seeks to help smaller studios make and distribute games on the platform.
(10) His defence fell apart at a set piece, conceding a late goal when, courtesy of Jos Hooiveld's flick, Maya Yoshida headed James Ward-Prowse's free-kick beyond the impressive Vito Mannone.
(11) Violence may indeed be an instinct in Yemen, but so are courtesy and humour.
(12) He acknowledged that he and Burns have met senior executives at Five, but stressed: "We've met everyone out of courtesy".
(13) All three of those came from the penalty spot courtesy of Guardado, two on highly disputed calls.
(14) 90+2 min: Chile counter-attack courtesy of Mark Gonzalez, Alexis Sanchez and Matias Fernandez.
(15) Photograph: Courtesy of the family It’s been over a month since Fátima Avelica watched Ice agents, wearing uniforms stamped “POLICE”, handcuff and arrest her father, and the pain of that moment still lingers.
(16) Here, courtesy of Dazvid Hills always-excellent Said and Done column in the Observer, are some figures to bear in mind when considering your answer: £1.7bn: Current forecast for Fifa's overall profit from the World Cup , with all income from broadcasting, marketing and tickets channelled out of South Africa.
(17) "We understand that this is a sensitive issue for many in India and we are looking into the intake procedures surrounding this arrest to ensure that all standard procedures were followed and that every opportunity for courtesy was extended," Carney said at a briefing on Wednesday.
(18) Someone who can manage a 10%-plus deposit can fix for five years at 2.99% courtesy of West Bromwich building society.
(19) In other words, we’re meant to get diversity and responsiveness courtesy of monoliths.
(20) One of those changes, Joe Dodoo, 20, scored a hat-trick on his debut while Andrej Kramaric was on target too as Leicester progressed to the third round courtesy of a 4-1 win at Bury , for whom Danny Mayor scored.
Discourtesy
Definition:
(n.) Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.
Example Sentences:
(1) An increased awareness of the usefulness of citation indexing as a tool for retrieval and evaluation will make this aspect of refereeing more important, and what now passes for minor carelessness or discourtesy could easily come to be regarded as serious malpractice.
(2) It is typical of a book, and a world, in which what Anji said to Fiona or Ed's discourtesy to Tony mattered – and, inside Labour , may still matter.
(3) "The first Wilson knew about it was when he saw their really very vicious tirade in the New York Review of Books, and I think he felt keenly the discourtesy of them not popping down the hall to talk to him about it."
(4) This is unacceptable and a discourtesy to Parliament."
(5) The work and pensions secretary, Iain Duncan Smith , was accused on Monday of obfuscation, hubris, discourtesy, and sweeping problems with the universal credit system under the carpet in bad-tempered exchanges with the all-party work and pensions select committee.
(6) Also investigated were 19 complaints involving discourtesy or poor judgment against men and two against women, 21 of breach of confidentiality against men and three against women, and 23 involving financial matters against men and four against women.