curtsey

curtsey

englanti

  1. niiaus

Liittyvät sanat: curtsy

Synonyymisanakirja

curtsey

syvä kunnioitus, ele, liike, niiaus, kumartua, niiata.

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Englannin sanakirja

curtsey (englanti > suomi)

  1. niiaus

  2. niiata

curtsey englanniksi

  1. A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.

    2. I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.

  2. 1868, s:Author:Lousia May Alcott|Louisa May Alcott, s:Little_Women/Chapter_19 Little Women

    3. ...making stately curtsies, and sweeping her train about with a rustle...

  3. 1928, s:Author:D._H._Lawrence D.H. Lawrence, s:Lady_Chatterleys_Lover/Chapter_2|Lady Chatterley's Lover''

    4. No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed.

  4. To make a curtsey.

    5. The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.''

  5. 1841, s:Author:Charles_Dickens Charles Dickens, s:Barnaby_Rudge/Chapter_19 Barnaby Rudge

    6. "I’m sure you’ll excuse me, sir," said Mrs Varden, rising and curtseying.

  6. 1861, s:Author:George_Eliot George Eliot, s:Silas_Marner/Chapter_11 Silas Marner

    7. On the other hand, Mrs. Ladbrook was standing in skull-cap and front, with her turban in her hand, curtsying and smiling blandly...

  7. 1887, s:Author:Author:H._Rider_Haggard H. Rider Haggard, s:Allan Quatermain/Chapter XVI|Allan Quatermain

    8. 'I be as nothing in the eyes of my lord,' and she curtseyed towards him...

  8. 1890, James Russell Lowell, http://books.google.com/books?id=DeQNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA9&dq=curtesys&as_brr=1 Address in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America

    9. But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtesys to its natural Kings.

  9. 1903, s:Author:W.E.B._DuBois W.E.B. DuBois, s:The_Souls_of_Black_Folk/VII The Souls of Black Folk

    10. He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.

  10. 1908, Caroline Crawford, http://books.google.com/books?id=qyUAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA30&dq=curtesys&as_brr=1 Folk Dances and Games

    11. The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).

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