knightly

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It's not clear that knightly training was as useful as UFC training.

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characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

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adjective

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

adjective

being attentive to women like an ideal knight

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for knightly.

adjective

characteristic of the time of chivalry and knighthood in the Middle Ages; "chivalric rites"; "the knightly years"

adjective

being attentive to women like an ideal knight

Example sentences

It's not clear that knightly training was as useful as UFC training.

It wasn't a small group of nobles carrying on knightly traditions, like most other European countries had.

Even during that iconic late medieval period, knightly orders were responsible for a lot of unexpected stuff.

In fact, the article even says this in its opening section, "The most enduring Mamluk realm was the knightly military caste in Egypt in the Middle Ages, which developed from the ranks of slave soldiers.

The king, the sword, the jesters, the knightly mouse, the sisters, the golem - the game works because all these things are dripping in cultural connotations and every element of the game - the writing, the music, the gameplay - is embedded in that cultural context.