courteously

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Courteously and passionately romantic without the egotism of his rival, this is a husband who makes emotional as well as moral sense of Tatiana's decision to remain a faithful wife.

From The Guardian • Jan. 21, 2013

Courteously, Rusk bowed for now to his allies' insistent demands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Courteously, bowing slightly, Alfried Krupp* received a workers' delegate who stiffly presented him with a large steel candelabrum made in the Krupp factories.

From Time Magazine Archive

Courteously and slowly he drew her to the coach, pressing her forward as she held reluctantly back.

From Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 by Various

Courteously he added that he was confident that if his Majesty had been well informed in the premises, his high sense of justice would have dissuaded him from authorizing the present hostile demonstration.

From Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)