'Knightly' definitions:
Definition of 'knightly'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years" [syn: chivalric, knightly, medieval]
adjective
Being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn: chivalrous, gallant, knightly]
Definition of 'Knightly'
From: GCIDE
- Knightly \Knight`ly\, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.] Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit. [1913 Webster]
- For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- [Excuses] full knightly without scorn. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Knightly'
From: GCIDE
- Knightly \Knight"ly\, adv. In a manner becoming a knight. [1913 Webster]
- And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'knightly'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aristocratic,
- big,
- bighearted,
- bold,
- bold-spirited,
- brave,
- ceremonious,
- chivalric,
- chivalrous,
- courageous,
- courtly,
- doughty,
- ducal,
- elevated,
- exalted,
- formal,
- gallant,
- generous,
- genteel,
- gentle,
- gentlemanlike,
- gentlemanly,
- great,
- great of heart,
- greathearted,
- handsome,
- hardy,
- heroic,
- herolike,
- high,
- high-minded,
- idealistic,
- intrepid,
- ironhearted,
- kinglike,
- kingly,
- knightlike,
- ladylike,
- largehearted,
- liberal,
- lionhearted,
- lofty,
- magnanimous,
- manful,
- manly,
- noble,
- noble-minded,
- of gentle blood,
- of rank,
- old-fashioned,
- old-world,
- openhanded,
- patrician,
- princelike,
- princely,
- queenlike,
- queenly,
- quite the lady,
- soldierlike,
- soldierly,
- stalwart,
- stout,
- stouthearted,
- sublime,
- titled,
- valiant,
- valorous
Words containing 'Knightly'
- Knight,
- Knighted,
- Knighting,
- Carpet knight,
- Knight Templar,
- Knight bachelor,
- Knight banneret,
- Knight baronet,
- Knight marshal,
- Knight of Malta,
- Knight of Rhodes,
- Knight of industry,
- Knight of the post,
- Knight of the shire,
- Knight service,
- Knight's fee,
- Knight's service,
- Knights Templars,
- Knights bachelors,
- Knights bannerets,
- Knights commanders,
- Knights companions,
- Knights of Pythias,
- Knights of labor,
- Lance knight,
- knight errantry,
- white knight,
- Knight-errant,
- Knight-errantries,
- Knight-errantry,
- Knight-errants,
- Knights grand cross,
- Knights of the Round Table,
- Knights-errant,
- hablot knight browne,
- knight of the round table,
- knight of the square flag,
- Knight of St John of Jerusalem,
- Knight-er-ratic