unknightly
Americanadjective
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unworthy of a knight.
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not like a knight.
adverb
Etymology
Origin of unknightly
Example Sentences
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He did nothing unknightly, and, as it happened, did no harm to Lancelot But the strange turn of feeling was there all the same.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
You have slandered the Queen in the most unknightly manner, and given the lie to those nobles who must now give judgment against you.”
From Legends & Romances of Brittany by Lewis Spence
But there is nothing more hateful to me than his unknightly sloth!
From King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls by Henry Gilbert
He that was all ungenerous and bestial—he, this most unknightly giant—he could realize, strangely enough, what a generous and uplifted nature might do on certain occasions when the trumpets of the spirit were loudly blowing.
From The God of Love by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
Robert was urged to assault the city; but he refrained, declaring such would be an unknightly action toward his sister-in-law and her babe.
From Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II by Charlotte Mary Yonge
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