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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Noun
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This dramatic addition is a great alternative to a veil for those who want a train, yet have a distinct volume and structure that lends a look a retro elegance.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025 -
The one-shoulder design gives it a Grecian elegance that simultaneously reads regal yet effortless—the epitome of the Italian sprezzatura.—
Nneya Richards,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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What’s most important is to take it all in: the place, its majesty and its importance.—
Caroline Eubanks,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Apr. 2025
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Her majesty, the queen, is here.—
Jack Howland,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This human-machine collaboration involves an extensive back and forth, along with careful editing and refinement, a process that can take weeks.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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The bespectacled, bookish Bonhoeffer was a man of refinement whose natural reserve could be interpreted as arrogance, says Marsh, the biographer.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 Apr. 2025
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“Courtliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/courtliness. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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