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[syn: courtly, formal, stately]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [From Court.]
1. Relating or belonging to a court.
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2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
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In courtly company or at my beads. --Shak.
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3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party
of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay.
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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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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]
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