1. Adjective
Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
2. Adverb
In a manner becoming a knight.
3. Adjective
being attentive to women like an ideal knight
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
4. Adjective
characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
Vocabulary classified under History
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