adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
love
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The courtly love bit suited his fears: if you don't ask, you don't know.
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The cuckolding of heiresses and the wives of great lords was considered the highest form of courtly love .
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The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes.
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The court of Champagne had meanwhile become a place of development for the ideal of courtly love and the medieval romantic poem.
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In the courtly love tradition, the woman was put on a pedestal - objectified.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a courtly , soft-spoken man
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A lofty and spacious carriage, the G slips from rough country into a more courtly role as if to the manner born.
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A more elegant and courtly preparation was quail in aspic, often served with foie gras or truMes.
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Another important instance of courtly behaviour is when the hero has to lead the heroine into the dance.
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Every now and then a dad would swagger in and talk to her with reverence but also with a certain courtly gaiety.
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He was courtly or proper, and very precise in his words and thinking.
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It is such an elegant tongue, the language of flowers: supple, courtly and precise.
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The message is clear and concise and displays no verbosity that one would expect to find in more courtly love scenes.
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Willi made his way over to Madge Grimsilk, coughed, hesitated, then bowed in a very old-fashioned and courtly way.