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Courtly
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Part of speech: adjective (a.)
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. Macualay.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adverb (adv.)
In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden