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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)
 

 

Courtly \Court"ly\, adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.

They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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