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title: "How to Pronounce Courteously: IPA & Syllable Guide"
description: "Pronounce Courteously as /ˈkɝ.ti.ə.sli/ — KUR-tee-uh-slee. Say it out loud and get free AI feedback in seconds. Stress falls on the first syllable."
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# How to pronounce Courteously

/ˈkɝ.ti.ə.sli/

KUR-tee-uh-slee

Courteously has 4 syllables. The stress is on the first syllable, "kur". Capital letters in the respelling show where the stress falls.

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## Courteously syllables

Courteously has 4 syllables: KUR-tee-uh-slee.

1. KUR kɝ
2. tee ti
3. uh ə
4. slee sli

The first syllable sounds like "cur", not "court".

## Sounds to watch

### The l sound

Touch the tongue tip to the ridge behind your top teeth. At the end of a syllable the l is darker and the back of the tongue rises.

### Weak syllables

The unstressed syllables use a short, relaxed uh (schwa). Rushing through them lightly is correct; giving them a full vowel sounds unnatural.

### The er vowel

American er (as in her) is a single vowel with the tongue bunched back. Keep the r quality through the whole vowel.

## Courteously in a sentence

- The receptionist courteously asked us to wait a moment.
- He declined the offer courteously but firmly.

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## What Speakeroo listens for

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- Stress placed on the wrong syllable Make the correct syllable longer, clearer and more prominent.
- Schwa not reduced Relax unstressed vowels toward a short neutral sound.
- Every syllable stressed equally Emphasise one main syllable and reduce the others.

## Questions

### How do you pronounce courteously?

Courteously is pronounced /ˈkɝ.ti.ə.sli/, or KUR-tee-uh-slee in plain letters. It has 4 syllables and the stress falls on the first syllable, "kur".

### How many syllables are in courteously?

4: KUR-tee-uh-slee. The capital letters mark the stressed syllable.

### How do you use courteously in a sentence?

The receptionist courteously asked us to wait a moment. He declined the offer courteously but firmly.

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