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▪ I. knightly, a.|ˈnaɪtlɪ|
[f. knight n. + -ly1.]
I. (OE. cnihtlíc.)
†1. Boyish. Obs.
a1000Prose Life Guthlac ii. (Goodwin) 12 Ne he cnihtlice galnysse næs begangende.
II. (ME. and mod.Eng.)
2. Having the rank or qualities of a knight; noble, chivalrous. Now rare.
1382Wylcif 2 Macc. viii. 9 A kniȝtly man, and in thingus of bateil most expert. 1390Gower Conf. I. 184 Elda the kinges Chamberlein, A knyhtly man after his lawe. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode iii. lxiii. (1869) 173 He is michel the more corageows after, and the more knightlich. 1813Byron Ch. Har. Add. Pref., He was..knightly in his attributes.
3. Of things, actions, etc.: Of, belonging to, suitable, or appropriate to a knight. † knightly fee = knight's fee.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints xxxiii. (George) 386 His knychtly clething..he gef away for godis sak. c1480Henryson Test. Cres. 519 For knichtly pietie and memoriall Of fair Cresseid. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. i. 1 As one for knightly giusts and fierce encounters fitt. c1630Risdon Surv. Devon §334 (1810) 346 William Fitz-Morice held Haginton by one knightly fee. 1700Dryden Theod. & Honoria 389 Preferr'd above the rest, By him with knightly deeds. 1834L. Ritchie Wand. by Seine 55 The use of the knightly sword or lance.
4. Consisting or composed of knights. rare.
1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. I. 127 The knightly order had taken no part in the diet. 1877C. M. Yonge Cameos IV. xii. 131 The romances of chivalry which were the delectation of the knightly world in those days.
Hence ˈknightlihood († -hede), ˈknightliness, knightly condition or qualities.
1390Gower Conf. III. 212 Wherof his knyhtlihiede Is yit comended overal. 1596Spenser F.Q. iv. vii. 45 Some gentle swaine..Traind vp in feates of armes and knightlinesse. 1890‘ælian Prince’ Of Joyous Gard ii. 47 Sir Tristram yearned to largely breathe again Sharp air inspiriting of knightlihood. 1900Longm. Mag. July 227 Scott has created for us a true type of Saracen knightliness in the Talisman.
▪ II. knightly, adv.|ˈnaɪtlɪ|
[f. knight n. + -ly2.]
After the fashion of, or in a manner befitting, a knight; gallantly, chivalrously.
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 2085 Ariadne, God..synde ȝow grace..Ȝow to defende & knyghtly slen ȝoure fo. c1477Caxton Jason 79 b, They dyde so knyghtly and cheuaulerously. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, i. iii. 12 Say..why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes? 1822Byron Werner iv. i, Whose plume nods knightlier? 1859Tennyson Guinevere 40 He..Made such excuses as he might, and these Full knightly without scorn. |