"knightly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnaɪtli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knightly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: knightlier [comparative], knightliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtli Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly. Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knyghtly}} Middle English knyghtly, {{m|enm|knightlich}} knightlich, {{suffix|en|knight|ly|id2=adjectival}} knight + -ly, {{cog|ang|cnihtlīċ|t=boyish}} Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), {{cog|nl|knechtelijk|t=servile}} Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), {{cog|de|knechtlich|t=menial}} German knechtlich (“menial”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} knightly (comparative knightlier, superlative knightliest)
  1. Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
    Sense id: en-knightly-en-adj-7mvdbkYh
  2. Befitting a knight; formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly. Translations (formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly): ասպետական (aspetakan) (Armenian), რაინდული (rainduli) (Georgian), სარაინდო (saraindo) (Georgian), ritterlich (German), ridiriúil (Irish), knyghtly (Middle English), ridireach (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-knightly-en-adj-uuY5ovVk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 53 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 13 49 38 Disambiguation of 'formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knightliness

Adverb

IPA: /ˈnaɪtli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knightly.wav [Southern-England] Forms: knightlier [comparative], knightliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtli Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly. Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knyghtly}} Middle English knyghtly, {{m|enm|knightlich}} knightlich, {{suffix|en|knight|ly|id2=adjectival}} knight + -ly, {{cog|ang|cnihtlīċ|t=boyish}} Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), {{cog|nl|knechtelijk|t=servile}} Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), {{cog|de|knechtlich|t=menial}} German knechtlich (“menial”) Head templates: {{en-adv|er}} knightly (comparative knightlier, superlative knightliest)
  1. In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
    Sense id: en-knightly-en-adv-7gb5SatL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 53 43

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.