What does discourteously mean?

discourteously means "in an impolite manner".

How many syllables are in discourteously?

discourteously has 5 syllables: di-scour-te-ou-sly. The stress falls on "te".

What is another word for discourteously?

Close synonyms include impolitely, rudely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of discourteously?

The recorded antonyms are courteously.

Is discourteously a common word?

discourteously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

discourteously — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an impolite manner
“he treated her impolitely”
Synonymsimpolitely rudely
Antonymscourteously

Questions about discourteously

What does discourteously mean?: discourteously means "in an impolite manner".
How many syllables are in discourteously?: discourteously has 5 syllables: di-scour-te-ou-sly. The stress falls on "te".
What is another word for discourteously?: Close synonyms include impolitely, rudely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of discourteously?: The recorded antonyms are courteously.
Is discourteously a common word?: discourteously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for discourteously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adverb

1 senseA word that modifies a verb, adjective or other adverb.

1.
in an impolite manner
“he treated her impolitely”
Synonymsimpolitely rudely
Antonymscourteously

Questions about discourteously

What does discourteously mean?: discourteously means "in an impolite manner".
How many syllables are in discourteously?: discourteously has 5 syllables: di-scour-te-ou-sly. The stress falls on "te".
What is another word for discourteously?: Close synonyms include impolitely, rudely. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
What is the opposite of discourteously?: The recorded antonyms are courteously.
Is discourteously a common word?: discourteously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for discourteously come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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