knightly

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

knightly
    adj 1: characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in
           the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"
           [syn: {chivalric}, {knightly}, {medieval}]
    2: being attentive to women like an ideal knight [syn:
       {chivalrous}, {gallant}, {knightly}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Knightly \Knight`ly\, a. [AS. cnihtlic boyish.]
   Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous;
   as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
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         For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit.
                                                  --Spenser.
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         [Excuses] full knightly without scorn.   --Tennyson.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Knightly \Knight"ly\, adv.
   In a manner becoming a knight.
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         And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms. --Shak.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

67 Moby Thesaurus words for "knightly":
      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