courtliness

noun

Definition of courtlinessnext
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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  1. elegance
  2. majesty
  3. refinement
Noun
  • Yet Lee shows that the iron sense of control with which Brookner approached her own legacy runs through her fiction, too, creating the austere elegance that characterizes her prose.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Certainly not Polo Ralph Lauren, whose new Polo Blaze collection brings the elegance of the stables to city streets.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • Take in the majesty of Victoria Falls, enjoy a safari stop at Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Crater, and venture into Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park with expert guides to view the country’s famous mountain gorillas.
    — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Thankfully, the lunar disk will set a few hours after midnight, leaving a window of beautifully dark sky before dawn in which to enjoy the full majesty of the annual meteor shower.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of majesty
Noun
  • Founded in SoHo, Lafayette 148 has built its identity around refinement that evolves with the times.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Despite our best efforts, there will undoubtedly be further clarifications and refinements that need to be made particularly within sub-teams that will need to be more specifically re-aligned to this new structure.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of refinement
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“Courtliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtliness. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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