His face - a countenance that could register many expressions - was typical of the courtly gentleman.

He nodded slowly twice, as a courtly gentleman might acknowledge agreement with a lady's kind proposal.

"I have a bargain with the priest," said the courtly old gentleman who came out to greet us.

If only he were really the courtly gentleman he had just mimicked in her drawing room.

And so, my courtly gentlemen, I have arranged a demonstration!

For example, Sir Andrew thinks he is a courtly gentleman.

He died as he had lived, a very courtly gentleman.

So far the Master was behaving like the courtly gentleman he had been a few centuries back.

The person waiting on us was a courtly older gentleman with a deep Southern drawl.

He seemed a courtly gentleman with the inbred manners of a diplomat.