courtly
IPA: kˈɔrtɫi
adjective
- Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.
- Of or relating to a royal court.
- (obsolete) Overly eager to please or obey.
adverb
- In the manner of a royal court; in a manner befitting of a royal court.
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Examples of "courtly" in Sentences
- The narrative largely follows the courtly tradition.
- Her court style was to encourage the cult of courtly love.
- He was taught courtly speech, singing and to play the flute.
- Took her hand, bending down he kissed it in courtly fashion 202
- He was more courtly in his approach to the women he wrote about.
- The last is said in a courtly fashion, because Garret is no lech.
- He may be regarded as a courtly annalist rather than an historian.
- He took her hand and bending down he kissed it in courtly fashion.
- The Garden of Courtly Pleasures was designed to elevate the spirit.
- His eye caught both the courtly celebrations and the peasant world.
- A purpose to serve, a treaty becomes "a scrap" -- in German courtly hands.
- The Crab Clan is considered the least cultured or courtly of all the clans.
- She received foreign ambassadors, royal messengers and engaged in courtly pastimes.
- I think this may be an extreme example of what Anne Fadiman calls a courtly book lover.
- Heroes are defined as stouthearted and lion hearted, quixotic and courtly, major league and mythical.
- Sevdah bears comparison to Portuguese fado and Spanish flamenco; all three are vocal arts rooted in Arabic courtly love songs from a millennium ago.
- Spanish colonizers brought with them the idea of courtly love — the rather formalized notion of wooing a beloved, even though that love might never be returned.
- He sat down and addressed the Caliph in courtly phrase, saying, “O Commander of the Faithful, I have brought with me an humble offering by way of homage: have I thy gracious permission to produce it?”
- It was a daring public statement given that Colombina was now married to Niccolò Ardinghelli, so all of it was done under the auspices of the troubadours, emphasizing the notion of courtly love and the ideal of untouchable beauty.
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