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courtly - use in sentences
Modifies a noun
- mannershe: It's an agent he's a great courtly mannershe 's got th in an.
- love: In courtly love, marriage had no important part.
- poetry: The secular texts, apart from occasional local orthographical variants, are typical of courtly lyric poetry in 14th century France.
- dance: The workshop began with an introduction to the complex etiquette of courtly dance.
- manner: In it he invented a new persona for the devil, endowing him with courtly manners.
- circle: In courtly circles at least, there were also rules on the rationing of food to messes.
Modifying Another Word
- typically: In this way she at first seems to back up a typically courtly idea of " love at first sight.
- even: In print he sounded fierce; in life he was gentle, even courtly.
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