Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not courtly.
- Uncivil; rude; coarse; plain.
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- adjective Not
refined orcourtly
Etymologies
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Examples
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While he regretted the idolatry of Jezebel, he may have censured what would be called the uncourtly intolerance or the bigoted zeal of the prophets, who uttered such denunciations and threatenings against the reigning family.
Notable Women of Olden Time Anonymous
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When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.
Thanks for Nothing 2010
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When I had once addressed your Lordship in public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.
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Achilles, conscious perhaps that it was his best policy not to drive his subaltern to extremity, lowered his tone somewhat in reply to the uncourtly note of the soldier, as if allowing something for the rude manners of one whom he considered as not easily matched among the
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His attitude was easy and bold, but neither clownish nor uncourtly.
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I had once addressed your Lordship in publick, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess.
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Imagine to yourself a little squat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor
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Imagine to yourself a little squat, uncourtly figure of a Doctor
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But it was redeemed by a love for a most uncourtly idea: democracy.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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But it was redeemed by a love for a most uncourtly idea: democracy.
The Worldly Philosophers Robert L. Heilbroner 1999
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