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

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