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Word entry · 8 letters

knightly

Best crossword clue

"Like a chivalrous warrior"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈnaɪtli/Part of speech adjectiveSorted ghiklntyStarts with KEnds with Y1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. being attentive to women like an ideal knight

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize.
  • knightly combat
  • Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?

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