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Meanings of curtsy in inglés

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Bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women.

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Make a curtsy; usually done only by girls and women; as a sign of respect.

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Synonyms
Examples for "bob"
Examples for "bob"
1
Sahwah lay motionless in the snow beside the wreck of the bob.
The Camp Fire Girls at School; Or, The Wohelo Weavers
2
Why, you know, ma'am, I make near thirty bob extra every week.
King Rat
3
The Rinks and bob run are admittedly among the best in Switzerland.
Ski-running
4
And so the record American Bob Schumacher set nine years ago stands.
Wired
5
However Blue Bubble chief executive Bob Wilkinson said this was not true.
Radio NZ
Usage of curtsy in inglés
1
Jane shook it awkwardly with her right hand, then bobbed a curtsy.
Austenland
2
Aline decided; she sank down into a proper curtsy before the King.
The wandering fire
3
The manner, a century earlier, would have expressed itself in a curtsy.
T. Tembarom
4
As for the curtsy, I'm trying to tone down my wrist action.
The Guardian
5
The girl dropped a somewhat impertinent curtsy and marched on her way.
A Modern Tomboy: A Story for Girls
6
The Countess did not curtsy, but extended a limp hand toward Szilvasi.
House of Bathory
7
And Sophie does a quick curtsy, a rare gesture of jaunty exuberance.
The crimson petal and the white
8
Nick bowed to her, and she dropped half a curtsy in return.
The stand
9
Watching the girl curtsy and leave the room, she felt strangely bereft.
The lady elizabeth
10
Winters felt something cold in her stomach but forced herself to curtsy.
Antiphon
11
Sabine stepped onto the woven rush carpet and into a low curtsy.
Heaven and the heather
12
She reached the corner and leapt off, landing in an exaggerated curtsy.
In every heartbeat
13
She looked shyly at Miranda and dropped into a sudden, haphazard curtsy.
The spirit thief
14
Jessie saluted both guests alike, with drooping eyelids and an elaborate curtsy.
Kenelm Chillingly — Volume 07
15
Her only answer was a low curtsy, but she studied him carefully.
The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Volume 1...
16
I nodded toward Augusta, who obliged me with a graceful little curtsy.
Shadow of an angel
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Curtsy through the time
Curtsy across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common