Knightly

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knightly \Knight`ly\, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.]
     Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous;
     as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
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           For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit.


                                                    --Spenser.
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           [Excuses] full knightly without scorn.   --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Knightly \Knight"ly\, adv.
     In a manner becoming a knight.
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           And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  knightly
       adj 1: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the
              Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
              [syn: {chivalric}, {medieval}]
       2: having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal
          knight [syn: {chivalrous}, {gallant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  67 Moby Thesaurus words for "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