uncourtly

Example Sentences

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In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2016

So after trudging through the World's Fair, she boarded a local IRT train in the 90� heat, pursued by a rather uncourtly mob of reporters and photographers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Duke simulated his profound regret, but when Louis' back was turned made a most unprincely and most uncourtly grimace at his royal uncle, which set them all a-laughing.

From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)

When I had once addressed your lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.

From The Wits and Beaux of Society Volume 1 by Wharton, Grace

And when we bleed on alien earth, We'll call to mind how cheers of ours Proclaimed a loud uncourtly mirth Amongst thy glowing orange bowers.

From Ionica by Cory, William (AKA William Johnson)