chivalrouslyadv.
/ˈ(t)ʃɪvəlrəsli/ In a chivalrous manner:† a. Bravely, valiantly, gallantly. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > courage > chivalry > [adverb]
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1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iii. 89 Ye king full chewalrusly, Defendyt all his cumpany.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxxi. 45 The..englysshmen assauted chyualrously.
1548 W. Thomas Ital. Gram. & Dict. Cauallerestamente, cheuallorously, or valiantly.
b. In the manner of the ideal knight; with disinterested devotion and ideal courtesy.
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society > morality > virtue > morally elevated quality > [adverb] > chivalrously
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adverb] > in a well-mannered way > in chivalrous manner
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1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xxi. 661 To his accomplices he was religiously and chivalrously faithful.
1878 J. Morley Diderot I. 129 His colleagues chivalrously defended him.
1884 Manch. Examiner 7 June 4/6 It is recorded how chivalrously the Emperor kissed her hand.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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