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Knightly

//ˈnaɪtli// adj, adv

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.

    "Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize."

  2. 2
    Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.

    "knightly combat"

Adjective
  1. 1
    being attentive to women like an ideal knight wordnet
  2. 2
    characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.

    "Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English knyghtly; equivalent to knight + -ly (adverbial suffix).

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