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uncourtly
[ uhn-kawrt-lee, -kohrt- ]
adjective
- 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
- ܲ·dzܰl·Ա noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of uncourtly1
Example Sentences
In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.
With his pale, timid face, his bent shoulders, an inexpressibly ill-tied cravat, and rank, untrimmed whiskers, he was the most uncourtly person present.
reasons they could have for giving so rough and uncourtly a precept, is not easy to be imagined: for, however fickle and unstable some women may be, it is well known there are several who have a greater regard for truth, in what they assert or promise, than most men.
Uncourtly, un-kōrt′li, adj. not courtly, unpleasing, uncivil.—n.
Honours were not much accessible in those days, especially in uncourtly quarters.
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