courtliness

Example Sentences

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In an industry filled with raw ambition and bombast, Fitzgerald developed a Hollywood reputation for courtliness mixed with consummate professionalism.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2019

If his courtliness robs his letters of some of their immediacy, well, courtliness lately seems in short supply.

From New York Times • Oct. 1, 2018

He’s a little older, he’s principled behind his unpolished exterior, and his dem-dese-and-dose accent disguises a natural courtliness.

From Time • Aug. 24, 2017

Colleagues said he retained his Old World courtliness and was almost frantically meticulous in his reporting and research — and never seemed to throw anything away.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2017

George was a tall handsome boy, gentle and sweet, who had from the first a kind of courtliness.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck