courtly
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Courtly love, behaving well, even while carrying a sword.
From Washington Post • May 25, 2019
Courtly puff sleeves bellowed exaggeratedly on a furry jacket.
From Washington Times • May 30, 2017
“They never really got any leads,” said Barb Reineck, who still lives on Courtly Drive and remembers the hunt.
From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2017
From Bawdy Street Dance to Courtly Refinement There are many ideas about how the chaconne — the intoxicating dance that bursts with improvisatory flair over a steady, repeating bass line — got its name.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012
The province I govern is humble and remote; Yet our festivals follow the Courtly Calendar.
From More Translations from the Chinese by Waley, Arthur
Vocabulary lists containing courtly
Tolkien Reading Day, List 11
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Howl's Moving Castle
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