un courtly

un courtly
index disorderly, inelegant, presumptuous, provincial, uncouth

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  • courtly — [kôrt′lē] adj. courtlier, courtliest [ME] 1. suitable for a king s court; dignified, polite, elegant, etc. [courtly manners] 2. flattering, esp. in an obsequious way adv. courtlier, courtliest in a courtly manner courtliness n …   English World dictionary

  • Courtly — Court ly ( l?), a. [From {Court}.] 1. Relating or belonging to a court. [1913 Webster] 2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. [1913 Webster] In courtly company or at my beads. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Courtly — Court ly, adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. [1913 Webster] They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • courtly — mid 15c., having manners befitting a court, from COURT (Cf. court) + LY (Cf. ly) (1). Meaning pertaining to the court is from late 15c. Courtly love highly conventionalized medieval chivalric love (amour courtois) is attested from 1896 …   Etymology dictionary

  • courtly — index civil (polite) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • courtly politeness — index comity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • courtly — courteous, gallant, chivalrous, polite, *civil Analogous words: ceremonious, formal, conventional, *ceremonial: elegant, dignified, graceful (see corresponding nouns at ELEGANCE): finished, *consummate Antonyms: churlish Contrasted words:… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • courtly — [adj] refined manner adulatory, affable, aristocratic, august, ceremonious, chivalrous, civil, civilized, complimentary, conventional, cultured, decorous, dignified, elegant, flattering, formal, gallant, gracious, high bred, imposing, lofty,… …   New thesaurus

  • courtly — ► ADJECTIVE (courtlier, courtliest) ▪ very dignified and polite. DERIVATIVES courtliness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • Courtly love — God Speed! by Edmund Blair Leighton, 1900: a late Victorian view of a lady giving a favor to a knight about to do battle Courtly love was a medieval European conception of nobly and chivalrously expressing love and admiration.[1] Generally,… …   Wikipedia

  • courtly love —    The term courtly love, generally used to describe a group of literary conventions common in western Europe in the later medieval period, was in fact never used in the Middle Ages. It was coined by the scholar Gaston Paris in 1883 to denote an… …   Encyclopedia of medieval literature

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