Meaning of KNIGHTLY
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- [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"
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\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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