courtly

[US]/'kɔːtlɪ/
[UK]/'kɔrtli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. dignified and polite; flattering; having an air of the court

Phrases & Collocations

courtly manners

courtly love

courtly attire

courtly behavior

courtly romance

courtly etiquette

Example Sentences

courtly furniture and pictures.

he gave a courtly bow.

The essay treats of courtly love.

she slipped into a more courtly role as if to the manner born.

Later she may have begun to kill daughters of lower gentry, who were sent to her gynaeceum by their parents to learn courtly etiquette.

The upper texts often became a confusing mixture of sacred and secular—and even anticlerical—poems, indicating its intended performance in courtly as well as ecclesiastical settings.

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