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In a courageous manner.

Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument. The course of true love never did run smooth. Shak.

palace. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. Shak.

Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant. A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott. His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller.

In a courteous manner.

The manners of a courtier; courtliness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly. They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden

Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. [Obs.] Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state. Shak.

In a covetous manner.

In the manner of a coward. Spenser.

The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

In a coy manner; with reserve.

eevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners. Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak.

Hence, to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner. He was hardly able to crawl about the room. Arbuthnot. The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes. Byron.

In a crazy manner.

In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.

In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the crédit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.