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adj. - Being attentive to women like an ideal man of rank; Characteristic of the time of chivalry in the Middle Ages.

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  • Adjective : knightly deeds. ,knightly duties
  • May 16, 2006 12: 07 PM keira knightly is truely aweful.
  • Stephen's teachings required married men to support their wives by acting as "knightly" providers and fathers.
  • He rides a very showy dappled grey horse tricked out with red leather tack and every kind of knightly knob and medallion.
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