Dictionary entry

Courtly

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.