a. [ From Court. ] 1. Relating or belonging to a court. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering. [ 1913 Webster ]
In courtly company or at my beads. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. [ 1913 Webster ]
They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden [ 1913 Webster ]