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uncourtly

adjective as in ungraceful

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In an uncourtly age, good manners can seem eccentric.

With his pale, timid face, his bent shoulders, an inexpressibly ill-tied cravat, and rank, untrimmed whiskers, he was the most uncourtly person present.

What reasons they could have for giving so rough and uncourtly a precept, is not easy to be imagined: for, however fickle and unstable some women may be, it is well known there are several who have a greater regard for truth, in what they assert or promise, than most men.

Uncourtly, un-kōrt′li, adj. not courtly, unpleasing, uncivil.—n.

Honours were not much accessible in those days, especially in uncourtly quarters.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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