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Edward, the courtly vampire, won't make love to his Bella until they're married.
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He's punctilious, a bit formal, often greeting people with a courtly little bow.
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Opposite the study follows the dining room, adorned with themes of courtly love.
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The courtly Missourian has been helping Democrats out of jams for three decades.
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They were often moralising in tone and critical of contemporary courtly society.
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The same sixty years saw the composition of the most important courtly romances.
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Influential work on the literature of courtly love, including Chaucer's Troilus.
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He's courtly and soft-spoken, and dresses in a subdued palette of black and gray.
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My father introduced me in his courtly fashion, and Ruby looked straight into me.
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- Refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court; "a courtly gentleman"
- (courtliness) elegance suggestive of a royal court
