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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), adjective [From {Court}.]
1. Relating or belonging to a court.
2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
In courtly company or at my beads. --Shak.
3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Courtly \Court"ly\, adverb In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
courtly
adjective: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: {elegant}, {formal}, {stately}] [also: {courtliest}, {courtlier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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