a.
[AS. cnihtlic boyish.]
Of or pertaining to a knight; becoming a knight; chivalrous; as, a knightly combat; a knightly spirit.
For knightly jousts and fierce encounters fit.Spenser.
[Excuses] full knightly without scorn.Tennyson.
Knight·ly
adv.
In a manner becoming a knight.
And why thou comest thus knightly clad in arms.Shak.




