Courtly

from 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}]
    
from 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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from 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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from 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

    

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