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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
adulatory, aristocratic, august, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, civilized, complimentary, conventional, courtierly, dignified, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, formal, fulsome, gallant, gracious, grand, grave, gushing, honey-mouthed, honey-tongued, honeyed, imposing, insincere, insinuating, kingly, knightly, lofty, lordly, magisterial, majestic, mealymouthed, noble, obsequious, oily, oily-tongued, old-fashioned, old-world, prim, princely, queenly, regal, royal, sedate, slimy, slobbery, smarmy, smooth, smooth-spoken, smooth-tongued, soapy, sober, soft-soaping, solemn, starchy, stately, statuesque, stiff, stilted, studied, sycophantic, unctuous, venerable, wheedling, worthy
Dictionary Results for courtly:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
courtly
    adj 1: refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a
           royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: courtly,
           formal, stately]
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [From Court.]
   1. Relating or belonging to a court.
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   2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.
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            In courtly company or at my beads.    --Shak.
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   3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party
      of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Courtly \Court"ly\, adv.
   In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
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         They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden
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