Usually means: Bowing gesture, showing respect, traditionally.
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  1. curtsy: Merriam-Webster
  2. curtsy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. curtsy: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. curtsy: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. curtsy: Wiktionary
  9. curtsy: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  12. curtsy: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Curtsy: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Curtsy: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. curtsy: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  17. curtsy: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. curtsy: FreeDictionary.org
  19. curtsy: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  21. curtsy: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Curtsy)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of curtsey [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.]
▸ verb:  Alternative spelling of curtsey [To make a curtsey.]

Similar:
curtsey, bob, obeisance, obsequiously, genuflect, plie, ceremonious, bowing, demurely, simper, more...

Opposite:
bow, nod, salute

Types:
royal curtsy, deep curtsy, half curtsy, ballet curtsy, court curtsy, theatrical curtsy, more...

Phrases:
dropped a curtsy, dropping a curtsy, drops a curtsy, more...

Adjectives:
deep, little, low, quick, slight, small, graceful, mock, formal, awkward, profound

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Similar:
curtsey, bob, obeisance, obsequiously, genuflect, plie, ceremonious, bowing, demurely, simper, more...

Opposite:
bow, nod, salute

Types:
royal curtsy, deep curtsy, half curtsy, ballet curtsy, court curtsy, theatrical curtsy, more...

Phrases:
dropped a curtsy, dropping a curtsy, drops a curtsy, more...

Adjectives:
deep, little, low, quick, slight, small, graceful, mock, formal, awkward, profound

Colors:
    lavender,     blush,     rose,     periwinkle,     mint, more...



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