courtliness
Example Sentences
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In his testimony, Depp copped to some bad stuff, but this too was a play for sympathy, of a piece with the charm and courtliness he was at pains to display.
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
Though punctilious about his honor, in civilian life Poe normally comported himself with genteel courtliness.
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2021
In an industry filled with raw ambition and bombast, Fitzgerald developed a Hollywood reputation for courtliness mixed with consummate professionalism.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2019
Cousineau is a puffed-up, safari-jacket-wearing guru, but he has an old-fashioned courtliness.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 11, 2019
The same veneer of courtliness masked the same animal impulse to see the world as it is, rather than as it should be.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
