uncourtly

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In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2016

So after trudging through the World's Fair, she boarded a local IRT train in the 90� heat, pursued by a rather uncourtly mob of reporters and photographers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Princess did not seem to notice this last uncourtly speech.

From The Little Schoolmaster Mark A Spiritual Romance by Shorthouse, J. H.

Parrying the home thrust, and trenching on an uncourtly bluntness of speech, he quietly called attention to a distinction which her Majesty had not perhaps observed.

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

These officers are said to have paid dearly for their uncourtly language.

From The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)