knightly
/ˈnaɪtli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to a knight or knights.
adv
In the manner of a knight; chivalrously.
Example Sentences
- "Where noyse of armes, or vew of martiall guize / Might not reuiue desire of knightly exercize."
- "knightly combat"
- "Mar. In Gods name, and the Kings, say who yͧ [thou] art. And why thou com'st thus knightly clad in Armes?"
- "Who backs a horse, or bears a hawk, or wears A sword like him! Whose plume nods knightlier?"
- "He, reverencing king's blood in a bad man, Made such excuses as he might, and these Full knightly without scorn; for in those days No knight of Arthur's noblest dealt in scorn."
Etymology
From Middle English knyghtly, knightlich; equivalent to knight + -ly (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old English cnihtlīċ (“boyish”), Dutch knechtelijk (“servile”), German knechtlich (“menial”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: knyghtly