Courtier-like

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of courtierlike. alt-of, alternative

    "[…] in the courtier-like civility of the old Baron, he ſaw nothing but the undiſtinguiſhing manners of a perſon who received every one alike, whom he had no immediate intereſt in conciliating, and who was generally polite, but who, if he never ſaw him again, would forget he had ſeen him at all; […]"

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courtierlycourtierly

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"[…] in the courtier-like civility of the old Baron, he ſaw nothing but the undiſtinguiſhing manners of a perſon who received every one alike, whom he had no immediate intereſt in conciliating, and who was generally polite, but who, if he never ſaw him again, would forget he had ſeen him at all; […]"

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