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Definition of Courtliest
1. courtly [adj] - See also: courtly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Courtliest
Literary usage of Courtliest
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Arthurian Tales: The Greatest of Romances which Recount the Noble and by Thomas Malory, Ernest Rhys, Rasmus Björn Anderson (1907)
"... there thou liest, thou were never matched of none earthly knight's hands; and
thou wert the courtliest knight that ever bear shield: and thou were the ..."
2. The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain (2001)
"took his stand behind the king, and proceeded to wait upon him in the courtliest
way he was capable of. While the king ate, the rigor of his royal dignity ..."
3. The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its Neighborhood: Its Missionary Aspect by Charles Freer Andrews, Harold Donaldson Eberlein, Horace Mather Lippncott, 1877-1967 (1912)
"Judge Peters was one of the courtliest of men and retained the ancient mode of
dress long after others had abandoned it. ..."
4. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1899)
"And pleased with this jest, he removed the chair from the table, took his stand
behind the king, and proceeded to wait upon him in the courtliest way he was ..."
5. Mark Twain: A Biography : the Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"There was one other who believed in the Tennessee land —Jane Clemens's favorite
cousin, James Lampton, the courtliest, gentlest, most prodigal optimist of ..."
6. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1888)
"Then the veteran chair with a missing limb, And all that waa common and mean and
grim, Grew suddenly seemly, and fine and trim, Like courtliest old-world ..."
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