courtly

Blumenthal, a courtly gentleman of 68 in a perfectly crisp blue shirt, gets laughs by trotting out his rudimentary Spanish.

The driver, Amadou Diallo, was a courtly African immigrant who made it a point to wear a tie as he worked.

Merivel By Rose Tremain In the sequel to Restoration, Robert Merivel is back, now in middle age, with another courtly farce.

From a long-awaited sequel to a courtly farce, to a memoir of a childhood spent in the ruins of American aristocracy.

He was greatly admired for his fine physique and courtly bearing, and yet but few sought his acquaintance.

Reining in his horse, he dismounted, and making what he thought a most courtly bow, he bade her good evening.

He spoke her own tongue fluently, and never in Constantinople had she met a gentleman more at his ease in courtly company.

But, first, shall I not buy you a book—some exquisite book full of strange perfumes and passionate courtly gestures?

Until quite recently a courtly, aristocratic art had shed its light upon the whole of Europe.