knightliness
- a word derived from knightly.
Example Sentences
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Lame Stuyvesant, also, envious saw How straight he sat in courteous power, Like boldness sanctified by law, And age gave magisterial awe; Though in his last and bitter hour, Of knightliness the flower.
From Tales of the Chesapeake by Townsend, George Alfred
When York was given "his receipt for the prisoners," an incident happened that shows the true knightliness of character of this untrained mountaineer.
From Sergeant York And His People by Cowan, Sam K. (Sam Kinkade)
My God! this lad is pure gold; and he is the last sprout from a great trunk of knightliness.
From On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
But many others, so lost to honour and knightliness were they, performed not their promises, and continued to fight each with the other.
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Gilbert, Henry
A less practical conduct, a more ideal view of right and wrong—sometimes a little fantastic even—always imbued with something of the knightliness which sat upon him as a natural attribute.
From The First Violin A Novel by Fothergill, Jessie
