If a person is courtly, they are graceful and very polite, in an old, elegant way — the manners people picture at a king's court, not in a noisy shop or classroom.

If a person is courtly如果一個人是courtly（有宮廷風度）的, they are graceful and very polite他們優雅又非常有禮貌, in an old, elegant way用一種古典、優雅的方式 — the manners people picture at a king's court就像人們想像國王宮廷裡的那種禮節, not in a noisy shop or classroom不是吵鬧的商店或教室裡會有的.

You use it for how someone speaks, bows, or treats other people, and sometimes for a style of writing or love that feels formal and beautiful. It is not an everyday word; you meet it in books and careful descriptions more than in ordinary talk, and young people almost never call a friend courtly.

You use it你會用這個詞 for how someone speaks, bows, or treats other people來形容一個人說話、鞠躬或對待別人的方式, and sometimes而且有時候 for a style of writing or love用來形容一種寫作風格或愛情 that feels formal and beautiful讓人覺得正式又優美. It is not an everyday word這不是日常用詞; you meet it你會在 in books and careful descriptions書本和講究的描述裡遇到它 more than in ordinary talk比在平常對話裡遇到得多, and young people而且年輕人 almost never call a friend courtly幾乎不會用courtly來形容朋友.

Though actually, the court inside this word is the royal court, not the law court: a courtly man is not a man standing in front of a judge.

Though actually不過事實上, the court inside this word這個詞裡的court(宮廷/法院) is the royal court指的是王室的宮廷, not the law court不是法院: a courtly man一個courtly的人 is not a man standing in front of a judge並不是站在法官面前的人.

There is also courtly love, an old European idea of noble, often hopeless love in poems. The adverb (to behave courtly) is rare now.

There is also還有 courtly lovecourtly love（宮廷之愛）, an old European idea一個古老的歐洲概念 of noble, often hopeless love in poems指詩裡那種高貴、常常沒有結果的愛情. The adverb副詞形式 (to behave courtly)（courtly地行事） is rare now現在很少見了.