curtsey

niiata

niiaus A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.

I refused to make so much as a curtsey for the passing nobles, as I am a staunch egalitarian.

...making stately curtsies, and sweeping her train about with a rustle...

No caps were touched, no curtseys bobbed.

The hotels staff variously curtsied, nodded, and bowed to the owner as she passed.''

"I’m sure you’ll excuse me, sir," said Mrs Varden, rising and curtseying.

On the other hand, Mrs. Ladbrook was standing in skull-cap and front, with her turban in her hand, curtsying and smiling blandly...

'I be as nothing in the eyes of my lord,' and she curtseyed towards him...

But DANTE was a great genius, and language curtesys to its natural Kings.

He curtsied low, and then bowed almost to the ground, with an imperturbable gravity that seemed almost suspicious.

The gentleman bows and the lady curtesys (measure eight).