It conveys a certain amount of chivalrousness and respect for the lady that you are talking to. From Wordnik.com. [Lou O’ Bedlam’s Friday Feature: Meaghan O’ Connell | Manolith] Reference
Some bit of ingrained chivalrousness or paternal instinct to protect the womenfolk - even if we're not so inclined - I suppose. From Wordnik.com. [Functionality] Reference
This awakened both Ulli's chivalrousness and his sympathy; he wanted to rescue me from the clutches of the devil by spiriting me away. From Wordnik.com. [Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine]
His love, his forbearance, his chivalrousness had been in vain. From Wordnik.com. [The Light of Scarthey] Reference
"I thank you, sir, for your chivalrousness in turning a defenseless woman into ridicule.". From Wordnik.com. [Clarence] Reference
An impulse to fall on Alvan's breast and bless him for his chivalrousness had to be kept under lest she should wreck the thing she praised. From Wordnik.com. [The Tragic Comedians — Complete] Reference
The latter course might have been most deadly of all, had it not been tempered with a certain chivalrousness which abode in Mary Ellen's heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl at the Halfway House A Story of the Plains] Reference
To a rare simplicity of manner he added a chivalrousness of spirit that was almost an inspiration to those who were brought into contact with him. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885] Reference
She was more than content with Cora's abandonment of him, though, as chivalrousness was not demanded of her, she would have preferred that he should have been the jilt. From Wordnik.com. [The Flirt] Reference
But, fed or hungry, refreshed or thirsty, the men blessed the donors, and that reverently, with a purity of thought, a chivalrousness of regard, a shade of feeling, youthful and sweet and yet virile enough, which went with the Confederate soldier into the service and abode to the end. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Roll] Reference
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