# courteously

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #81,241

## Definitions
1. In a courteous manner; with obliging civility or condescension; politely.

## Etymology
From Middle English curteisly, curteisliche; equivalent to courteous + -ly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/courteously