bow
verb (used without object)
to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, salutation, recognition, or acknowledgment.
bowingly
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a word derived from
bow.
Example Sentences
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He had surrendered their bicycles to the odd man of the place with infinite easy dignity, and had bowingly opened the door for Jessie.
From The Wheels of Chance: a Bicycling Idyll by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Klesmer had really discerned Mirah in the first moment of entering, but, with subtle politeness, he looked round bowingly at the three sisters as if he were uncertain which was the young lady in question.
From Daniel Deronda by Eliot, George
