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
  • Meanwhile, at Four Seasons Santa Fe, the introduction of Seraphim Social Beverages—two nonalcoholic red wines—brings a similar level of elegance to the Southwest.
    Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The Shiz student who will become The Good Witch has a kind of classical elegance — Hannon says she was inspired by Princess Grace, particularly with Grande’s hair — and skin that is opalescent.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of elegance
Noun
  • People have been tippling there for more than four hundred years, and the wine list has the heft—and the persuasive majesty—of a Gutenberg Bible.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Rush visits the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica and tests her writing skills by attempting to describe it in all its majesty.
    Krista Stevens, Longreads, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of majesty
Noun
  • Continuous monitoring and iterative refinement are key to long-term success.
    Tamas Kadar, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Yet there’s a special magic that comes from such detailed, focused refinement.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of refinement
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“Courtliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtliness. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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