as in elegance
dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style
there's a courtliness to rococo furniture that makes you feel like you should be wearing fine clothes and sipping champagne
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Noun
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Long before American beauty became synonymous with department stores, celebrity founders and global conglomerates, Hudnut was exporting American elegance internationally.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026 -
Far from being a nostalgic nod, this trend resurrects the kind of practical elegance that characterized generations past.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
25 Mar. 2026
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After a busy afternoon visiting with the prime minister of Canada, his majesty jumped behind the decks to try his hand at spinning music at a Kings Trust event in Manchester.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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Come for the gothic majesty, stay for Elordi’s stunning and emotive performance as the Creature tries to be human in an inhuman world.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 Mar. 2026
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In 2012, the couple opened Rich Table as a break from stuffier environs — a restaurant that put refinement on the plate instead of in the tablecloth, band tees welcome.—
Cesar Hernandez,
San Francisco Chronicle,
27 Mar. 2026
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The observed activity could instead reflect internal neural processes, such as refinement of camouflage abilities.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Courtliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtliness. Accessed 2 Apr. 2026.
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