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
Forrest doesn’t talk much, or display much emotion — his range of feeling runs from mild concern to wry amusement — but he has a touch of poetry to him, and an old-fashioned courtliness.
From New York Times • Sep. 26, 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
The same veneer of courtliness masked the same animal impulse to see the world as it is, rather than as it should be.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
