courtlily

English

Etymology

courtly +‎ -ly

Adverb

courtlily (comparative more courtlily, superlative most courtlily)

In a manner befitting of a royal court; in a courtly manner.
- 1855, William Gilmore Simms, The Forayers, New York: Redfield, Chapter 28, p. 332,
  […] Captain Travis was courtlily gracious, and in civil terms enough welcomed his unwelcome visiter [sic].
- 1974, Anthony Burgess, The Clockwork Testament, or Enderby’s End, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984, Chapter 9, p. 130,
  […] he motioned courtlily that she should enter.
Synonym: courtly

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