Definition of uncourtly in English:
uncourtly
adjectiveʌnˈkɔːtliˌənˈkɔrtli
Not courteous or refined.
Example sentencesExamples
- In no way do I want to neglect being diligent, no matter who may take me for uncourtly.
- The Lord was described by a nineteenth-century biographer as ‘rough and uncourtly in manners and conversation, dull and uneducated.’
- He was at first gently reprimanded for his indolence, but the truth at last came out, and a most uncourtly altercation ensued between him and the king.
- When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.
Definition of uncourtly in US English:
uncourtly
adjectiveˌənˈkôrtlēˌənˈkɔrtli
Not courteous or refined.
Example sentencesExamples
- When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.
- He was at first gently reprimanded for his indolence, but the truth at last came out, and a most uncourtly altercation ensued between him and the king.
- In no way do I want to neglect being diligent, no matter who may take me for uncourtly.
- The Lord was described by a nineteenth-century biographer as ‘rough and uncourtly in manners and conversation, dull and uneducated.’