knightly
Collocations
5ADJ.
full
VERB + KNIGHTLY
desire
KNIGHTLY + NOUN
armes, clad, scorn
PREP.
in, without
ADV.
thus
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly.
knightly combat
adv
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?
Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — being attentive to women like an ideal knight
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
Wiktionaryknightly combat
WiktionaryMar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?
WiktionaryWho backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?
WiktionaryHe, reverencing king's blood in a bad man, Made such excuses as he might, and these Full knightly without scorn; for in those days No knight of Arthur's noblest dealt in scorn.
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