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
  • For daytime, Kim reaches for delicate, everyday pieces such as a layered look built on the brand’s box chain set or a simple stack of huggies or dainty diamond rings for understated, everyday elegance.
    — Pooja Mistry, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The result is a shoe that retains all the elegance of a classic loafer, but with a decidedly more relaxed vibe.
    — Lucrezia Malavolta, Glamour, 25 July 2026
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • The banks of the pool—at its best a scene of unparalleled American majesty—took on a sort of circus atmosphere as locals and tourists alike stopped by to see the disaster for themselves.
    — Matt Viser, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
  • On the Vietnam side (Ban Gioc), there are several smaller waterfalls to the side that add to the majesty.
    — Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 16 July 2026
Definition of majesty
Noun
  • There is room for improvement, with his pass execution or choice of ball requiring refinement.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • Its example is Detroit in its heyday, although that seems to have been a period of engineering refinements that lacked a notable scientific component.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2026
Definition of refinement
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