Thesaurus: knightly

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1. a. Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
2. adv. In a manner becoming a knight.
3. adj. characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
4. adj. being attentive to women like an ideal knight
5. 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. In a manner becoming a knight. And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. Shak.
6. 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.
7. j:100 s characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages s being attentive to women like an ideal knight