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Meanings of discourteous in inglês

Lacking social graces.

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        Showing no courtesy; rude.

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              Examples for "courteous"
              1
              There was something fine in the grave, courteous certainty of the lad.
              A Romany of the Snows, vol. 2 / Being a Continuation of the Pers...
              2
              July seldom drank whiskey but he said yes, to be courteous, mainly.
              Lonesome dove
              3
              Nine times out of ten the answer is a courteous two-line refusal.
              The thirteenth tale: a novel
              4
              He was courteous in manners, and in general appearance, genteel and good-looking.
              The Black-Sealed Letter / Or, The Misfortunes of a Canadian Cock...
              5
              Yet I've never received anything but a restrained and courteous professional response.
              The Complete Rama Omnibus
              Usage of discourteous in inglês
              1
              That would be discourteous, and I should deeply regret any further discourtesy.
              The witch queen
              2
              But it would be worse than discourteous were I to accept it.
              Charred Wood
              3
              This distant rejoinder practically ends the brief acquaintance without any discourteous rebuff.
              Etiquette
              4
              She entered the dining-room timidly, expecting some comment on her discourteous absence.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 / A Mag...
              5
              It isn't appropriate for me to do that, it would be discourteous.
              Island beneath the sea
              6
              He punishes his subjects if they rebel or are discourteous to him.
              Modern Persia
              7
              Men don't usually give the signal to the leader's mate, it's discourteous.
              The Clan of the Cave Bear
              8
              Let it be answered the questioner, with no discourteous adjectives, Thou fool!
              Beauchamp's Career — Volume 2
              9
              She must learn it is discourteous to ask so many questions, he added.
              The Clan of the Cave Bear
              10
              It was discourteous, and dangerous-evenwhen she could call upon the guardian's power.
              The brazen gambit
              11
              Eva Saint Clair Andrews felt herself justified in the retort discourteous.
              The Brentons
              12
              No; but I cannot imagine any man being discourteous to you.
              The Sword Maker
              13
              The anti-machine Senators are never guilty of discourteous treatment of a fellow Senator.
              Story of the Session of the California Legislature of 1909
              14
              I would not be so discourteous as to cast it aside.
              The Shelters of Stone
              15
              And I would not do such a discourteous thing to you.
              The Sturdy Oak / A composite Novel of American Politics by fourt...
              16
              She hadn't been openly discourteous, but one small jab after another mounted up.
              A river in the sky
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