discourteously

Example Sentences

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"When I endeavoured to make a contribution to this debate, I was discourteously dismissed by Baroness Bloomfield on the grounds that she suggested I'd been asleep during the minister's contribution," Lord Young said.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2022

He was later charged with acting discourteously toward a colleague.

From Washington Post

Although married for more than two years, they have been obliged by rigid etiquet to have no children, lest they should have a son discourteously ahead of the Emperor.

From Time Magazine Archive

Or: "You are never under any circumstance to speak discourteously to your mother, as that is not only unAmerican, it is un-Chinese."

From Time Magazine Archive

The self-confident fifteen-year-old paid no heed to their discontent and discourteously stormed out.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady