Social life
Synonyms for courteously
Synonyms for courteously: respectfully and politely. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for courteously
Interchangeable with courteously in this sense
Audited under courteously's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one courteously carries in that sense.
- respectfullyadverb, in the sense "in a polite and respectful manner"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name courteously as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- politelypolitely is an adverb in the sense "in a way that shows good manners and consideration for others"
The first group is filed under courteously's own sense. The second reaches courteously from the partner word's entry, so the sense quoted beside it is that word's.
in a polite and respectful manner
The officer courteously asked the driver to step out of the car.
The true synonym
respectfully
Same sentence, swapped: The officer respectfully asked the driver to step out of the car.
Close but different
Wrong tiles, chosen to be tempting rather than absurd. The reason line above takes the nearest one apart; the rest fail the same sentence for their own reasons.
- cautiously
- firmly
- sternly
Where courteously turns up in the game
courteously is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 1, Foothills. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where courteously is the trap
- unerringlyadverb, Tier 4, High Camp. The answer there is infallibly, in the sense "in a way that does not make any mistakes, with unfailing accuracy", so courteously is there to be ruled out.
Play courteously
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so courteously reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because social life is the company courteously keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. courteously carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.