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Meanings of discourteously in anglès

In an impolite manner.

Synonyms
Examples for "rudely"
Examples for "rudely"
1
On a certain Tuesday the course of his triumphs was rudely broken.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
2
I was just about to discuss you quite rudely in your absence.
Too wicked to kiss
3
The stonemason had rudely struck out the cardinal issues of the question.
Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes; a Satire
4
It is a rudely brilliant, infuriatingly beautiful, belligerently profane work of art.
The Guardian
5
German diplomacy in the past few weeks has rudely shattered this conviction.
Why We Are at War (2nd Edition, revised)
1
The trader rather impolitely stopped his speech by raising an open palm.
Acts of faith
2
Not impolitely, just in the way that a very busy man handles interruptions.
Torch of Freedom
3
Rose stared very impolitely, it must be confessed, at her visitor.
Five Thousand Dollars Reward
4
She charges foreigners heavily, keeps them waiting, and treats them impolitely.
Europe—Whither Bound? / Being Letters of Travel from the Capital...
5
He was a man of some power; he almost never spoke impolitely to anyone.
Losing charlotte
Usage of discourteously in anglès
1
How say you, Sir Squire? he added, turning to Ridley, not discourteously.
Grisly Grisell; Or, The Laidly Lady of Whitburn: A Tale of the W...
2
The stout man shook his head and surveyed Patty curiously but not discourteously.
One Man in His Time
3
Mutimer rose and addressed his visitor easily indeed, but not discourteously.
Demos
4
But now he could not think of behaving so discourteously.
The Emperor of Portugallia
5
Maurice received her calmly and not discourteously, but held out no hopes of pardon.
Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with ...
6
Never was Stephen heard to speak discourteously or even ungently to a human being.
Mercy Philbrick's Choice
7
The man, meanwhile, moved easily beside her, courteously distant, discourteously insistent in his prattle.
The Stolen Singer
8
And I apologise if earlier I addressed you discourteously.
The buried giant
9
All the idlers of Acquapendente-andthey were many-assembledto gaze at us, but not discourteously.
Passages from the French and Italian Notebooks, Volume 2.
10
Because you have treated me discourteously, Lawrence- Idon'tconsider myself justified in injuring your reputation.
Midnight
11
He turned quickly, and saw the Lieutenant who had so discourteously used him in the square.
The Sword Maker
12
The superintendents chatter and laugh discourteously among themselves.
The Story of Wellesley
13
Said Lily, impatiently and discourteously, "Who would not rather walk on such a night?"
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 06
14
And while he turned out the other damsels from the room discourteously, he made Goewin unwillingly remain.
The Mabinogion
15
I was treated most discourteously by Madame W. Emile Robert-Houdin, who is the widow of Emile Houdin.
Hiding the Elephant
16
Now, though his manner was brusque, he spoke simply and not discourteously of the hunt in the hills.
The Emigrant Trail
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Discourteously through the time