How do you use Courtliness in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like elegance, plus the exact meaning.
Courtliness in a sentence
Courtliness meaning
The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.
Synonyms of Courtliness
Using Courtliness
- The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being courtly; refinement of manners.
- Useful related words include: elegance.
- In the example corpus, courtliness often appears in combinations such as: courtliness and.
Context around Courtliness
- Average sentence length in these examples: 35.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Courtliness
- In this selection, "courtliness" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 35.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include chivalry and courtliness and in him courtliness and refinement. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "courtliness" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with courtliness
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It was a favorite instrument of Louis XIV and acquired associations of both courtliness and "Frenchness" (in contrast to the Italianate violin). (22 words)
After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement. (42 words)
Social class and convention Bors ' Dilemma – he chooses to save a maiden rather than his brother Lionel The upper class or nobility, represented chiefly by the Knight and his Squire, was in Chaucer's time steeped in a culture of chivalry and courtliness. (43 words)
Social class and convention Bors ' Dilemma – he chooses to save a maiden rather than his brother Lionel The upper class or nobility, represented chiefly by the Knight and his Squire, was in Chaucer's time steeped in a culture of chivalry and courtliness. (43 words)
After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement. (42 words)
It was a favorite instrument of Louis XIV and acquired associations of both courtliness and "Frenchness" (in contrast to the Italianate violin). (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
After his return to Vienna, his father was concerned about Rudolf's aloof and stiff manner, typical of the more conservative Spanish court, rather than the more relaxed and open Austrian court; but his Spanish mother saw in him courtliness and refinement.
It was a favorite instrument of Louis XIV and acquired associations of both courtliness and "Frenchness" (in contrast to the Italianate violin).
Social class and convention Bors ' Dilemma – he chooses to save a maiden rather than his brother Lionel The upper class or nobility, represented chiefly by the Knight and his Squire, was in Chaucer's time steeped in a culture of chivalry and courtliness.
Common combinations with courtliness
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: