uncourteous

adjective

un·​courteous

"+

: lacking in courtesy

the idea of being uncourteous to any man in my own house is particularly grievous to me

—Anthony Trollope

uncourteously adverb

uncourteousness noun

Word History

Etymology

Middle English uncurteis, from un- entry 1 + curteis courteous

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