noble, courteous, having elegant manners
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Courtly Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(adv.)
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
(a.)
Relating or belonging to a court.
Relating or belonging to a court.
(a.)
Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
(a.)
Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDisposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
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.
3. disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
courtly
\court"ly\, adv. in the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. they can produce nothing so courtly writ.
Cyflys = a. courtly, courtlike
Llysaidd = a court-like, courtly
Llyseiddio = v. to render courtly
Adjective
1. refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
(synonym) elegant, formal, stately
(similar) dignified
Courtly Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Courtly love was a medieval European conception of nobly and chivalrously expressing love and admiration. Generally, courtly love was secret and between members of the nobility. It was also generally not practiced between husband and wife.
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