courtly
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Mr. Pence is courtly, and chivalrous perhaps to a fault.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Amir Khusrau, an Indo-Persian poet who documented courtly life during the reign of Alauddin Khalji and Muhammad Bin Tughlaq, mentioned two types of naans in his writings - naan-e-tanuk and naan-i-tanuri.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
The life-size portrait he produced is a whiz-bang spectacle of courtly pomp and dynastic circumstance.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2024
And he is seen as "the courtly gentleman of the Marble Palace," as Time Magazine described him.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024
He talked very slowly and sometimes had trouble finding the right word, and the first impression of him around that gay and courtly camp was that he was rather dull-witted and not much fun.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Vocabulary lists containing courtly
Tolkien Reading Day, List 11
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