chivalrous
adjective
having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
chivalrousness
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a word derived from
chivalrous.
Example Sentences
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His love, his forbearance, his chivalrousness had been in vain.
From The Light of Scarthey by Egerton Castle
He was surprised, however, that she should have halted before his door, and with tremulous indignation, said,— "I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule."
From Clarence by Bret Harte
It exaggerates its own energy and spirit of enterprise, its sense of humour and its chivalrousness towards women.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
What I am denying is that Americans have any greater reverence for women, any higher chivalrousness, than Englishmen.
From The Twentieth Century American Being a Comparative Study of the Peoples of the Two Great Anglo-Saxon Nations by Harry Perry Robinson
She was more than content with Cora's abandonment of him, though, as chivalrousness was not demanded of her, she would have preferred that he should have been the jilt.
From The Flirt by Booth Tarkington
