Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Kindly; neighborly; familiar.
- In a kindly manner; lovingly.
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- adjective Scotland
Friendly ,agreeable ,pleasant .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (chiefly Scottish) agreeable and genial
Etymologies
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Examples
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A couthie word or two for the passing stranger who may rest a while.
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But the young plants of grace they looked couthie and slee,
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My couthie auld wife, aye blithsome to see, vol. vi.,
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century
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If the contemporary juridical records, even what is left of them, be a criterion, homicide in all its oddly named forms must have been a commonplace to those couthie lieges of his Slobberiness, King Jamie.
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But the young plants of grace they looked couthie and slee,
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There would be fine gardens in Edinburgh, no doubt; but oh, that couthie laurel by the Red Lion door!
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The very smell of the dog was couthie in his nose.
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She cud be vera affauble whan she likit, I'll say that muckle for the dowager; an 'me an' her newsed quite couthie-like as we traivellt.
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