curtsey

suomi-englanti sanakirja

curtsey englannista suomeksi

1. niiata

2. niiaus

0. Substantiivi

1. niiaus

1. Verbi

2. niiata

curtsey englanniksi

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

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2. (RQ:Shakespeare Henry 6-3)

3. (RQ:Alcott Little Women)

4. (RQ:Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover)

5. To make a curtsey.

6. (RQ:Dickens Barnaby Rudge)

7. (RQ:Eliot Silas Marner)

8. (RQ:Haggard Allan)

9. 1890, James Russell Lowell, ''Address'' in Publications of the Modern Language Association of America

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

10. 1903, W.E.B. DuBois, ''The Souls of Black Folk''

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

11. 1908, Caroline Crawford, ''Folk Dances and Games''

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