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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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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