"knightly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈnaɪtli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knightly.wav Forms: knightlier [comparative], knightliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtli Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knyghtly}} Middle English knyghtly, {{af|en|knight|-ly|id2=adjectival|pos2=adjectival suffix}} knight + -ly (adjectival suffix), {{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.
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  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), caballeresco (Spanish), caballeroso (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-knightly-en-adj-uuY5ovVk Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Middle English translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 53 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Middle English translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 44 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 55 45 Disambiguation of 'formally courteous (as a knight); chivalrous, gallant and courtly': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: knightliness
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈnaɪtli/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knightly.wav Forms: knightlier [comparative], knightliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪtli Etymology: From Middle English knyghtly; equivalent to knight + -ly (adverbial suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|knyghtly}} Middle English knyghtly, {{af|en|knight|-ly|id2=adverbial|pos2=adverbial suffix}} knight + -ly (adverbial suffix) 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, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 7 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 5 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial)",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪtli",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪtli/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "knyghtly"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English knyghtly",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "knight",
        "3": "-ly",
        "id2": "adverbial",
        "pos2": "adverbial suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "knight + -ly (adverbial suffix)",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English knyghtly; equivalent to knight + -ly (adverbial suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "knightlier",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "knightliest",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "er"
      },
      "expansion": "knightly (comparative knightlier, superlative knightliest)",
      "name": "en-adv"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The life and death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 25:",
          "text": "Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art.\nAnd why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1822, Lord Byron, Werner, act IV, scene i",
          "text": "Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears\nA sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1859, Alfred Tennyson, “Guinevere”, in Idylls of the King, London: Edward Moxon & Co., […], →OCLC, page 227:",
          "text": "He, reverencing king's blood in a bad man,\nMade such excuses as he might, and these\nFull knightly without scorn; for in those days\nNo knight of Arthur's noblest dealt in scorn.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "In the manner of a knight; chivalrously."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "knight",
          "knight"
        ],
        [
          "chivalrously",
          "chivalrously"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnaɪtli/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-knightly.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪtli"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "nightly"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knightly"
}

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