knightly
adjective
characteristic of a knight; noble, courageous, and generous.
knightliness
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a word derived from
knightly.
Example Sentences
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One feels mediæval, as if all the old things of the olden days had come back again, miracles, and crowned virgins that fell from the clouds, valour and knightliness, and man's faith in woman.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
In the retrospect, the attack took on a knightliness of devotion.
From We Can't Have Everything by Rupert Hughes
His admiration of the heroic deeds of the age of chivalry arose from a certain inherent knightliness in his own character.
From A Biography of Sidney Lanier by Edwin Mims
He may have no inkling of the traditions of fair play, or of the reticences of courtesy, no shred of knightliness, and yet be a scholar in his way.
From Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View by Price Collier
Old Steadfast, there was no denying, had that knightliness.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
