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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Courtly

/(-l?)/ · Court·ly · IPA /ˈkɔɹtli/
01 a. Relating or belonging to a court.
  1. 1.
    Relating or belonging to a court.
  2. 2.
    Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
    “In courtly company or at my beads.” — Shak.
  3. 3.
    Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
02 adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
  1. 1.
    In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
    “They can produce nothing so courtly writ.” — Dryden