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KNIGHTLY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Being attentive to women like an ideal knight
Synonyms:
chivalrous; gallant; knightly
Classified under:
Similar:
courteous (characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners)
Derivation:
knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages
Example:
the knightly years
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
past (earlier than the present time; no longer current)
Derivation:
knight (originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit)
Context examples:
“By Thomas of Kent! we shall make a camp-marshal of thee, and thou shalt draw up rules for our jousting. But, John, who is it that you would uphold in this knightly and pleasing fashion?”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Of a knightly house?
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The land where their fathers had bled, the home of chivalry and of knightly deeds, the country of gallant men, of courtly women, of princely buildings, of the wise, the polished and the sainted.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And to you, Lady, he added after a pause, I bring from him this box of red sugar of Narbonne, with every courteous and knightly greeting which a gallant cavalier may make to a fair and noble dame.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Often had he heard of Sir Nigel's prowess and skill with all knightly weapons, but all the tales that had reached his ears fell far short of the real quickness and coolness of the man.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Once more, Sir Oliver, said Sir Nigel, looking shorewards with sparkling eyes, do we find ourselves at the gate of honor, the door which hath so often led us to all that is knightly and worthy.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Crossroads had, as he explained, been rare places for knightly spear-runnings, and in his youth it was no uncommon thing for a cavalier to abide for weeks at such a point, holding gentle debate with all comers, to his own advancement and the great honor of his lady.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
