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knightly |
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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