knightly
adverb
- gallantly/chivalrously (after the fashion of, or in a manner befitting, a knight)
adjective
- of, belonging to, or suitable/appropriate for a knight
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪtli/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”).
- 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
Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly; equivalent to knight + -ly (adverbial suffix).
- 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?”