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“That is uncourteously said,” said King Pellinore, “what? For no knight ne dreadeth for to speak his name openly, but for some reason of shame.”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Perhaps that’s why I’ve been treated so uncourteously!

From The Child Wife by Reid, Mayne

Fate uncourteously insisted upon making her disclosures by separate instalments; she would advance nothing at any rate of discount.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 65, March, 1863 by Various

"Delighted!" cried Cashel, looking at the same time most uncourteously pleased to get away from his tiresome companion.

From Roland Cashel Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James

I often offered help, and with the best intentions, but it was rejected—as a rule, uncourteously.

From What Is Man? and Other Essays by Twain, Mark