knightly

Speech parts

1. knightly - Adjective

2. knightly - Adverb

4. knightly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.

In a manner becoming a knight.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gallant medieval chivalrous chivalric knight grand imperial gothic patrician valiant great noble princely ducal kingly
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Antonyms

present future notorious provoking arrogant shameful
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Phrases with the word

knightly weapon knightly code knightly helmet knightly armor

Examples

Knightly love is blent with reverence As heavenly air is blent with heavenly blue. George Eliot

Always Sir Arthur lost so much blood that it was a marvel he stood on his feet, but he was so full of knighthood that knightly he endured the pain. Thomas Malory

This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention. Wilhelm Keitel

Philadelphia Record – Like Caesar, who twice refused a knightly crown, Alexander Mackenzie refused knighthood three times. Unlike Caesar, he owed his political overthrow to his incorruptible honesty and unswerving integrity. Alexander Mackenzie

The deed of dying transcends class and breeding. It is every man's patent of nobility, his summons from the king, his knightly adventure, the greatest deed of his life. And how he acquits himself in that lonely and perilous enterprise is his true measure as a man. Robert Sheckley

King Arthur was one of my heroes - I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle's cane for the sword Excalibur. Lloyd Alexander

Close letter words and terms

knightlily knightliness knightling knightly armor knightly code knightly helmet