uncourtly
Americanadjective
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not courtly; rude.
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not conforming to the customs or usage of a royal court.
an uncourtly lack of respect for hereditary rank.
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In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.
From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2016
The Duke simulated his profound regret, but when Louis' back was turned made a most unprincely and most uncourtly grimace at his royal uncle, which set them all a-laughing.
From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by C. M. (Charles Mark) Relyea
This document had been sent to the Council at Berlin, and been returned by them for revision by the duke, and the softening of its rather uncourtly decisiveness of expression.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843 by Various
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
It might seem uncourtly to suggest that this is "an abuse of the king's English," I shall therefore say no such thing.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
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