courtly
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Mr. Pence is courtly, and chivalrous perhaps to a fault.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
Next to pictures showing her and Bardella walking, holding hands, and clambering over rocks, Paris-Match waxes lyrical about a couple "reinventing courtly love – 21st Century-style".
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
And he is seen as "the courtly gentleman of the Marble Palace," as Time Magazine described him.
From Salon • Aug. 16, 2024
At the church, Murray was known as a courtly workaholic, in before dawn most days and often in his book-filled study until late at night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2024
She had loved listening to the men on the benches too; to freeriders tough as leather, courtly knights and bold young squires, grizzled old men- at-arms.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
Vocabulary lists containing courtly
Tolkien Reading Day, List 11
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Red, White, and Whole
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Howl's Moving Castle
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