Court"ly (-l?), a. [From Court.] 1. Relating or belonging to a court.

2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.

In courtly company or at my beads.
Shak.

3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. Macaulay.

Court"ly, adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.

They can produce nothing so courtly writ.
Dryden