Court"ly (-l?), a. [From
Court.] 1. Relating or belonging to a
court.
2. Elegant; polite; courtlike;
flattering.
In courtly company or at my beads.
Shak.
3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring
the policy or party of the court; obsequious.
Macaulay.
Court"ly, adv. In the manner
of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
They can produce nothing so courtly
writ.
Dryden