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knightly
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective knightly has 2 senses
- knightly(s = adj.all) chivalric, medieval - characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" Derived form noun knight1
- knightly(s = adj.all) chivalrous, gallant - being attentive to women like an ideal knight; Array Derived form noun knight1
CIDE DICTIONARY
knightly, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.].
Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. [1913 Webster]
"For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit."
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"[Excuses] full knightly without scorn."
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knightly, adv.
In a manner becoming a knight. [1913 Webster]
"And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms."
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THESAURUS
knightly
aristocratic, big, bighearted, bold, bold-spirited, brave, ceremonious, chivalric, chivalrous, courageous, courtly, doughty, ducal, elevated, exalted, formal, gallant, generous, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, great, great of heart, greathearted, handsome, hardy, heroic, herolike, high, high-minded, idealistic, intrepid, ironhearted, kinglike, kingly, knightlike, ladylike, largehearted, liberal, lionhearted, lofty, magnanimous, manful, manly, noble, noble-minded, of gentle blood, of rank, old-fashioned, old-world, openhanded, patrician, princelike, princely, queenlike, queenly, quite the lady, soldierlike, soldierly, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, sublime, titled, valiant, valorous
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