discourteously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-bor.

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Latin dis-bor.

Middle English dis-

English dis-

English courteous

English discourteous

English -ly

English discourteously

From discourteous + -ly.

Adverb

discourteously (comparative more discourteously, superlative most discourteously)

1. In a discourteous manner.
   • 1878 [1584], Clement Robinson, “A new Courtly Sonet, of the Lady Greensleeues” (stanza 1), in Edward Arber, editor, A Handful of Pleasant Delights:

     Alas my loue, ye do me wrong,
     to cast me off discurteously:
     And I haue loued you so long,
     Delighting in your companie.

   • 1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part I, I [Uniform ed., p. 14]:

     Had he acted discourteously to his bedmaker or his gyp, he would have minded just as much … .