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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [From {Court}.] 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. --Macaulay. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Courtly \Court"ly\, adv In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: courtly adj : refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: {elegant}, {formal}, {stately}]
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