| 释义 |
courtlycourt‧ly /ˈkɔːtli $ ˈkɔːrtli/ adjective   - a courtly, soft-spoken man
- A lofty and spacious carriage, the G slips from rough country into a more courtly role as if to the manner born.
- A more elegant and courtly preparation was quail in aspic, often served with foie gras or truMes.
- Another important instance of courtly behaviour is when the hero has to lead the heroine into the dance.
- Every now and then a dad would swagger in and talk to her with reverence but also with a certain courtly gaiety.
- He was courtly or proper, and very precise in his words and thinking.
- It is such an elegant tongue, the language of flowers: supple, courtly and precise.
- The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes.
- Willi made his way over to Madge Grimsilk, coughed, hesitated, then bowed in a very old-fashioned and courtly way.
NOUN► love· The courtly love bit suited his fears: if you don't ask, you don't know.· The cuckolding of heiresses and the wives of great lords was considered the highest form of courtly love.· The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes.· The court of Champagne had meanwhile become a place of development for the ideal of courtly love and the medieval romantic poem.· In the courtly love tradition, the woman was put on a pedestal - objectified. graceful and polite:  a tall man with courtly manners—courtliness noun [uncountable] |