uncourtly
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In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2016
Honours were not much accessible in those days, especially in uncourtly quarters.
From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake
The indirect election of the demarch is extremely unpopular, as it has no effect except to enable the king to exclude two popular but uncourtly citizens from every municipal office.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 335, September 1843 by Various
While he regretted the idolatry of Jezebel, he may have censured what would be called the uncourtly intolerance or the bigoted zeal of the prophets, who uttered such denunciations and threatenings against the reigning family.
From Notable Women of Olden Time by Anonymous
I loved him with an eager and devoted affection, although his heart was not mine—poor simple uncourtly girl as I am—although it was another's.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
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