Definitions for courtly
ˈkɔrt li, ˈkoʊrt-court·ly

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. courtly, formal, statelyadjective

   refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

   "a courtly gentleman"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. courtlyadjective

   Suitable for a royal court; refined, dignified.

2. courtlyadjective

   Obsequious, flattering.

3. Etymology: From court + -ly.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Courtlyadjective

   Relating or retaining to the court; elegant; soft; flattering.

   Etymology: from court.

   In our own time, (excuse some courtly strains)
   No whiter page than Addison’s remains. Alexander Pope, Ep. of Hor.

2. Courtlyadverb

   In the manner of courts; elegantly.

   They can produce nothing so courtly writ, or which expresses so much the conversation of a gentleman, as sir John Suckling. John Dryden, on Dramatick Poetry.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. courtly

   Courtesy (from the word courteis, from the 12th century) is gentle politeness and courtly manners. In the Middle Ages in Europe, the behaviour expected of the nobility was compiled in courtesy books.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Courtlyadjective

   relating or belonging to a court

2. Courtlyadjective

   elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering

3. Courtlyadjective

   disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious

4. Courtlyadverb

   in the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly

5. Etymology: [From Court.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of courtly in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of courtly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of courtly in a Sentence

1. James Burke:

   Courtly love-poetry may first have been written during long periods of abstinence on the Crusades, but it would not have flourished in the cold of northern Europe without some help from the chimney.

2. Vladan Kuzmanović:

   Sabism is an art and theatric movement of 21st century occupied with the philotipes, mythologic forms, schematism and chromatic scales, dual art, logism of color, cult art, conglomeration. As an art movement it tries to explore word act, group performance, collective structure, fruitfulness and aesthetics of multitude through philotipes as implicit connotation of colors or schemes in their general use (honeysuckle yellow, female, courtly, savage, dionysiaque).

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