courtlily

comparative more courtlily · superlative most courtlily

1. In a manner befitting of a royal court; in a courtly manner.

   […] he motioned courtlily that she should enter.

   1974, Anthony Burgess, chapter 9, in The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End, New York: McGraw-Hill, published 1984, page 130

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   […] Captain Travis was courtlily gracious, and in civil terms enough welcomed his unwelcome visiter [sic].

   1855, William Gilmore Simms, chapter 28, in The Forayers, New York: Redfield, page 332

   Synonyms: courtly