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Meanings of discourteous in английском

Lacking social graces.

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Showing no courtesy; rude.

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Usage of discourteous in английском
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
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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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