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courtly![]() ![]() Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [From Court.] 1. Relating or belonging to a court. [1913 Webster] 2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. [1913 Webster] In courtly company or at my beads. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Courtly \Court"ly\, adv.
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
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They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden
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Source: WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
courtly
adj 1: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a
royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly,
formal, stately]
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 73 Moby Thesaurus words for "courtly": adulatory, aristocratic, august, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, civilized, complimentary, conventional, courtierly, dignified, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, formal, fulsome, gallant, gracious, grand, grave, gushing, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, imposing, insincere, insinuating, kingly, knightly, lofty, lordly, magisterial, majestic, mealymouthed, noble, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, old-fashioned, old-world, prim, princely, queenly, regal, royal, sedate, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soapy, sober, soft-soaping, solemn, starchy, stately, statuesque, stiff, stilted, studied, sycophantic, unctuous, venerable, wheedling, worthy Matching Word(s) Curtly curtly
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