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Knightly

Knightly Meaning & Definition
Knightly Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Knightly?

[adj] having the qualities of gallantry attributed to an ideal knight
[adj] characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Knightly: chivalric | chivalrous | courteous | gallant | medieval | past

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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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Knightly In Webster's Dictionary

\Knight`ly\, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.] Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. --Spenser. [Excuses] full knightly without scorn. --Tennyson.
\Knight"ly\, adv. In a manner becoming a knight. And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.

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