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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knightly \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Knightly \Knight"ly\, adv
In a manner becoming a knight.
And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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