Courtly

What do we mean by courtly?

Suitable for a royal court; stately. adjective

Elegant; refined. adjective

Flattering in an insincere way; obsequious. adjective

In a courtly manner; elegantly or politely. adverb

In the manner of courts; elegantly; in a gracious or flattering manner.

Pertaining or relating to a court or to courts.

Elegant; polite; refined; courteous: as, “courtly accents fine,”

Disposed to court the great; somewhat obsequious; flattering.

Relating or belonging to a court. adjective

Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. adjective

Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. adjective

In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. adverb

Suitable for a royal court; refined, dignified. adjective

Obsequious, flattering. adjective

Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court adjective

Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.

Of or relating to a royal court.

Overly eager to please or obey.

Words that are spelled similarly to courtly:
courtly, curtly.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word courtly:
chivalrous, troubadour, chivalric, chivalry, masque, manners, chaucer, occitan, etiquette, intrigues, arthurian, aquitaine, lancelot, intrigue, tristan, sonnet, respectful, allegorical, javanese, aristocratic, love, poets, romance, dances, virtues, erotic, lyric, poetry, gentleman, burgundy, lovers, circles, baroque, ladies, crusade, elegant, nobility, nobles, patronage, persona, flourished, poems, lover, poem, refined, germanic, proven, epic, medieval, devotion, renaissance, ideals, ivory, poetic, behaviour, prose, secular, heinrich, astronomy, hunting, elaborate, literature, traditions, tradition, manner, scenes, noble, genres, ideal, ages, verse, von, tale, conventions, absent, tales, knight, passion, lady, settings, narrative, romantic, gothic, literary, themes, dance, culture, fashion, genre, style, painted, dress, audiences, palace, beauty, styles, ballet, portrait, poet, influence.

Words that rhyme with courtly:
shortly, portly, thwartly, fort lee, swartley.

Adjectives that are often used to describe courtly:
colonel, pre, anti, sir, main.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective courtly:
love, manners, life, manner, bow, tradition, lover, romance, society, literature, poetry, grace, style, gentleman, culture, circles, audience, fashion, world, language, poets, etiquette, romances, lyric, gesture, elegance, poet, ideal, behavior, lady, art, air, lovers, muses, code, circle, compliment, speech, knight, arts, entertainment, dance, graces, conventions, ideals, poems, convention, epic, behaviour, flattery, entertainments, game, phrase, verse, dignity, refinement, patronage, address, tone, ladies, discourse, intrigue, train, politeness, writers, atmosphere, dress, phrases, wit, dames, splendour, smile, ceremony, lyrics, breeding, traditions, magnificence, bearing, pomp, deference, accomplishments, context, conduct, virtues, rhetoric, figures, scene, taste, song, epics, splendor.

Words that sound like courtly:
courtly, cowardly, quarterly, curtly, corley, coralie, corti, corelli, kirtley, coralee, ctie, chorally, carly, carley, karly, carlie, carli, karli, karley, carty, karlie, carlee, karlee, carti, cartee, courtney, costly, hartley, cortney, covertly, kortney, cordy, coarsely, courtois, cordie, corlew, corallo, caroli, chordee, kate lee, shortly, gorley, gorily, fort lee, carla, carlo, karla, carta, cardi, cartlidge, cardy, costley, carlow, cartledge, cardie, carillo, carto, karta, carella, cartaya, cartload, cowedly, quitly, cortege, coral, corey, callie, cordless, choral, cordially, corrie, corals, cori, carola, corry, causally, corie, corel, cawley, cauley, corl, cordia, corre, cauli, corell, chorals, corda, charolais, corday, correl, corol, cordiale, cantley, coral sea, coraled, cordo, cordrey, coroll, chorda, coriell.