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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knightly \Knight'ly\, adjective [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Knightly \Knight"ly\, adverb In a manner becoming a knight.
And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
knightly
adjective
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
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