34 examples of courtliness in sentences

Berkeley was a man of charming manners, proverbially polite, and he delighted the Virginians, who had a weakness for courtliness.

And as she spoke there stirred in him the long-forgotten aspirations of his youth. "... for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.

He raised his hat with extreme courtliness.

The indecent word would have been known but for the delicacy or courtliness of Muratori, who substituted an et-cetera in its place, observing, that he had "covered" with it "an indecent word not fit to be printed" ("sotto quell'et-cetera ho io coperta un'indecente parola, che non era lecito di lasciar correre alle stampe."

He seems to have been always ready to supply a dedication for a friend, a task which he executed with more than ordinary courtliness.

On these latter occasions he proved himself a most amusing cosmopolitan, and at the same time exhibited an extreme courtliness towards every one.

So when Sir Percival came forth again from Joyous Gard, there was no knight, unless it was Sir Launcelot himself, who could surpass him in skill at arms; nay, not even his own brother, Sir Lamorack; nor was there anybody, even if one were Sir Gawaine or Sir Geraint, who surpassed him in civility of courtliness or nobility of demeanor.

galantería, f., gallantry, courteousness, courtliness. galanura, f., grace, gracefulness, elegance (in language or style), style, repartee.

He had caught the Major's little idiosyncrasies of speech, accent, and intonation and his pompous courtliness to perfectionexaggerating all to the purpose of the stage.

He moving up with pliant courtliness, Greeted Geraint full face, but stealthily, In the mid-warmth of welcome and graspt hand, Found Enid with the corner of his eye, And knew her sitting sad and solitary.

" He dissented with courtliness, and Polly wheedled until Doodles and Blue came to add their urging to hers; but in the end they had to let Miss Sterling have her way, which was to remain outside of the entertaining circle.

The splendours of the Medicis in Italy had set up an ideal of courtliness, in which letters formed an integral and indispensable part.

The selection from the poets of the Elizabethan and Jacobian periods is particularly full; and this is as it should be; for at no time was our language more equally removed from conventionalism and commonplace, or so fitted to refine strength of passion with recondite thought and airy courtliness of phrase.

The Starmen were sitting in a makeshift room under a temporary atmosphere dome on an isolated asteroid, but St. George's courtliness and genuine respect for his visitors made them feel as if they were in a manor house.

He stopped to rest on the piazza with one or two of his staff and was received by the old planter with all the courtliness that a Southern gentleman could show, even to an invader, when doing the honours of his own house.

Then mounting his stout mare, he once more waived his hand with an air of courtliness to his hostess, and was soon out of sight.

The letters are a classic of courtliness and worldly wisdom.

He found himself bowing to his mother with a courtliness he had never known, and an "I wish you a good night," sounding a century old on his lips.

It was not what he had expected to do; he was not quite sure that it was what he wanted to do; but he did it, and did it with the courtliness which would have flowered his invitation to the governor to honor his poor household by his presence; he did it because his daughter had glanced at him and said "My father?"

The courtliness of his manner disarmed hostility; but when he sat down to the piano, ran his fingers over the keys, and sang a few bars, the exquisite voice found its way to every heart.

" "Do you remember," said Barthrop, "the lines in Tennyson's Guinevere, which sum up the knightly attributes? "'High thought, and amiable words, And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.'

He was one of the handsomest men in all France; and to his good-looks and his reputation for bravery he added a manner of rare grace and courtliness, a supple tongue, and that strange magnetic power which few women could resist.

Their faces were shining, their linen spotless, and they came up to kiss their grandmother's cheek with an old-time courtliness that delighted her.

Nothing familiar was attempted, nothing beyond the courtliness of an artificial smile.

But the courtliness of language, the grace and poetry of the French dramas, and especially the tender love of Racine, are altogether lacking with him.

34 examples of  courtliness  in sentences