# courtly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkɔːtli/ · frequency rank #47,552

## Definitions
1. Befitting of a royal court; reflecting the manners or behaviour of people at court.
2. Of or relating to a royal court.
3. Overly eager to please or obey.

## Etymology
From Middle English courtly, equivalent to court + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **curly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-curly)
- **courts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-courts)
- **Courtney** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-courtney)
- **covertly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtly-vs-covertly)
- **court** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/court-vs-courtly)
- **county** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/county-vs-courtly)
- **costly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/costly-vs-courtly)
- **country** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/country-vs-courtly)
- **courted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courted-vs-courtly)
- **courtesy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/courtesy-vs-courtly)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccourtly`, `corutly`, `courlty`, `courrtly`, `courtlly`, `courtlyy`, `courttly`, `courtyl`, `coutrly`, `cuortly`, `ocurtly`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/courtly