uncourtly
Americanadjective
-
not courtly; rude.
-
not conforming to the customs or usage of a royal court.
an uncourtly lack of respect for hereditary rank.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of uncourtly
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2016
Parrying the home thrust, and trenching on an uncourtly bluntness of speech, he quietly called attention to a distinction which her Majesty had not perhaps observed.
From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Henry Martyn Baird
I loved him with an eager and devoted affection, although his heart was not mine—poor simple uncourtly girl as I am—although it was another's.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846 by Various
His air was that of a silent, proud, passionate man; and when he first appeared at Whitehall his rough uncourtly manners provoked a smile in the royal circle.
From History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 by John Richard Green
"This, perhaps, may sound harsh and uncourtly, but it is too true, and the more is the pity."
From Junius Unmasked or, Thomas Paine the author of the Letters of Junius and the Declaration of Independence by Joel Moody
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
