Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |