courtliness
Example Sentences
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Again, this is easy enough to accept in the series, partly because James has an innate courtliness and partly because Nutter stages their meetings in a slightly heightened, fairy-tale style.
From New York Times • May 12, 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
He’s a little older, he’s principled behind his unpolished exterior, and his dem-dese-and-dose accent disguises a natural courtliness.
From Time • Aug. 24, 2017
George was a tall handsome boy, gentle and sweet, who had from the first a kind of courtliness.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
