courtly Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court
    stately; formal.
    • a courtly gentleman

WordNet

Court"ly adjective
Etymology
From Court.
Definitions
  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. Macualay.
Court"ly adverb
Definitions
  1. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
    They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden

Webster 1913