English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
COURTESY, CURTESY, CURTSY
Courtesy is politeness, respect, and consideration for others:
Everyone deserves some courtesy from you.
Curtesy is the tenure that a widower holds over the property of his deceased wife. The opposite is dower.
Curtesy isn’t popular among Africans.
A curtsy is a formal gesture of greeting and respect made by women in which the knees are bent, the head slightly bowed, and the skirt held outwards:
She gave a curtsy before making her presentation.
She gave a *curtsy* as a form of *courtesy* just to marry me and enjoy my *curtesy* with me.
Would you also use the three words in a just a sentence?
Dr GAB
