Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Courtly \Court"ly\ (-l?), a. [From {Court}.]
   1. Relating or belonging to a court.

   2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.

            In courtly company or at my beads.    --Shak.

   3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party
      of the court; obsequious. --Macaulay.

Courtly \Court"ly\, adv.
   In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.

         They can produce nothing so courtly writ. --Dryden

Source : WordNet®

courtly
     adj : refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a
           royal court; "a courtly gentleman" [syn: {elegant}, {formal},
            {stately}]
     [also: {courtliest}, {courtlier}]