'Courtly' definitions:
Definition of 'courtly'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Courtly'
From: GCIDE
- 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 policy or party of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Courtly'
From: GCIDE
- Courtly \Court"ly\, adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. [1913 Webster]
- They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'courtly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adulatory,
- aristocratic,
- august,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blarneying,
- buttery,
- cajoling,
- ceremonious,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- civilized,
- complimentary,
- conventional,
- courtierly,
- dignified,
- fair-spoken,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- formal,
- fulsome,
- gallant,
- gracious,
- grand,
- grave,
- gushing,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- imposing,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- kingly,
- knightly,
- lofty,
- lordly,
- magisterial,
- majestic,
- mealymouthed,
- noble,
- obsequious,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- old-fashioned,
- old-world,
- prim,
- princely,
- queenly,
- regal,
- royal,
- sedate,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smarmy,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- soapy,
- sober,
- soft-soaping,
- solemn,
- starchy,
- stately,
- statuesque,
- stiff,
- stilted,
- studied,
- sycophantic,
- unctuous,
- venerable,
- wheedling,
- worthy
Words containing 'Courtly'
- Court,
- Courted,
- Courting,
- A friend at court,
- A friend in court,
- Christian court,
- Christian courts,
- Circuit court,
- City court,
- County court,
- Court breeding,
- Court card,
- Court circular,
- Court day,
- Court dress,
- Court fool,
- Court guide,
- Court hand,
- Court in banc,
- Court in bank,
- Court lands,
- Court marshal,
- Court of Arches,
- Court of Chancery,
- Court of Conscience,
- Court of Consience,
- Court of Equity,
- Court of Inquiry,
- Court of Marshalsea,
- Court of Peculiars,
- Court of Probate,
- Court of Requests,
- Court of Session,
- Court of cassation,
- Court of chivalry,
- Court of claims,
- Court of delegates,
- Court of honor,
- Court of justiciary,
- Court of record,
- Court of regard,
- Court party,
- Court rolls,
- Court tennis,
- Day in court,
- District court,
- Double court,
- Ecclesiastical courts,
- Fives court,
- General Court,
- Gray Court,
- Honor court,
- Hundred court,
- Inferior court,
- Inns of court,
- Instance Court,
- Lady court,
- Moot court,
- Norwood Court,
- Palace court,
- Parish court,
- Police court,
- Prerogative Court,
- Prize court,
- Probate Court,
- Racket court,
- Rolls of court,
- Single court,
- Spiritual court,
- Style of court,
- Suit court,
- Tennis court,
- The court of the Lord,
- To put out of court,
- appeals court,
- appellate court,
- badminton court,
- basketball court,
- coming into court,
- contempt of court,
- court favor,
- court favour,
- court game,
- court of appeals,
- court of assize,
- court of justice,
- court of law,
- court order,
- court plaster,
- courtly love,
- criminal court,
- divorce court,
- family court,
- federal court,
- food court,
- friend at court,
- friend of the court,
- handball court,
- high court,
- home court,
- juvenile court,
- kangaroo court,
- lower court,
- margaret court,
- military court,
- night court,
- provost court,
- royal court,
- squash court,
- superior court,
- supreme court,
- tourist court,
- traffic court,
- trailer court,
- trial court,
- volleyball court,
- world court,
- Base-court,
- Charlotte Court House,
- Chesterfield Court House,
- Court of Common pleas,
- Court of St James,
- Court of first instance,
- Court-baron,
- Court-craft,
- Court-cupboard,
- Court-leet,
- Court-martial,
- Court-martialed,
- Court-martialing,
- Court-plaster,
- Courts-martial,
- Field officer's court,
- Gray Court, SC,
- High commission court,
- Norwood Court, MO,
- To pay one's court,
- circuit court of appeals,
- court of domestic relations,
- court of saint james's,
- court-ordered,
- domestic relations court,
- international court of justice,
- monmouth court house,
- out-of-court settlement,
- state supreme court,
- Cape May Court House,
- Charlotte Court House, VA,
- Chesterfield Court House, VA,
- Drumhead court-martial,
- General court-martial,
- Vice-admiralty court,
- battle of monmouth court house,
- court of assize and nisi prius,
- foreign intelligence surveillance court,
- special court-martial,
- supreme court of the united states,
- united states supreme court,
- Cape May Court House, NJ