Usually means: Formal bow showing respect, deference.
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  1. curtsying: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtsying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtsying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. curtsying: Vocabulary.com
  5. curtsying: Wordnik
  6. curtsying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. curtsying: Wiktionary
  8. curtsying: Dictionary.com
  9. curtsying: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See curtsy_or_curtsey as well.)

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▸ noun:  The act of dropping a curtsy.

Similar:
curtsey, bob, curtsier, curchy, courtesy, courtsey, curvation, cheese, crook, curveting, more...

Opposite:
bowing, nodding, greeting

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Similar:
curtsey, bob, curtsier, curchy, courtesy, courtsey, curvation, cheese, crook, curveting, more...

Opposite:
bowing, nodding, greeting



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