courtly 的 2 个定义
court·li·er, court·li·est.
- polite, refined, or elegant: courtly manners.
- flattering; obsequious.
- noting, pertaining to, or suitable for the court of a sovereign.
- in a courtly manner; politely or flatteringly.
courtly 近义词
refined manner
更多courtly例句
- Who was the most erotic poet of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, when the quatrain reached its courtly zenith?
- Blumenthal, a courtly gentleman of 68 in a perfectly crisp blue shirt, gets laughs by trotting out his rudimentary Spanish.
- The driver, Amadou Diallo, was a courtly African immigrant who made it a point to wear a tie as he worked.
- Merivel By Rose Tremain In the sequel to Restoration, Robert Merivel is back, now in middle age, with another courtly farce.
- From a long-awaited sequel to a courtly farce, to a memoir of a childhood spent in the ruins of American aristocracy.
- He was greatly admired for his fine physique and courtly bearing, and yet but few sought his acquaintance.
- Reining in his horse, he dismounted, and making what he thought a most courtly bow, he bade her good evening.
- He spoke her own tongue fluently, and never in Constantinople had she met a gentleman more at his ease in courtly company.
- But, first, shall I not buy you a book—some exquisite book full of strange perfumes and passionate courtly gestures?
- Until quite recently a courtly, aristocratic art had shed its light upon the whole of Europe.